Hail in Nebraska, August 6, 2006

Name: Hail in Nebraska, August 6, 2006
Start: 2006-08-06T16:56
End: 2006-08-06T16:56
Location: Nebraska

August 6, 2006 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 1:25 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:25 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
225 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL BE HANDLING OF THE CONVECTION TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY.

IN THE SHORT TERM...THE COLD FRONT AT 19Z EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WITH A LOW
CENTER LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT IN RESPONSE TO AN
UPPER LEVEL WAVE EJECTING OUT OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. THIS WILL BE
THE PRIME AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE EARLY EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS
THE MAIN THREAT...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE
GFS SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THE CONVECTION A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE NAM
IN THIS FIRST 6 TO 12 HOURS...BUT THE MODELS ARE GENERALLY INLINE
OVERNIGHT. WITH THAT IN MIND...THE SURFACE LOW MOVES TO NORTHEAST
KANSAS BY DAYBREAK...WITH THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING EAST
NORTHEAST ALONG THE I80 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA.
MOISTURE IS POOLING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITHIN AN AXIS OF 2+
INCHES OF PW JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT. THUS...HAVE BUMPED UP POPS
CONSIDERABLY FOR THIS PACKAGE...WITH A WIDE SWATH OF 60 TO 80
PERCENT POPS. THIS TRANSITIONS TO NEARLY NOTHING AT ALL NEAR THE
SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...AND JUST A CHANCE OF PRECIP ALONG THE KANSAS
BORDER. HIGHEST AXIS IS ALONG I80 WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LOOKS
PROBABLY. BUMPED POPS UP INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FOR MONDAY MORNING
GIVEN THAT THE MCS WILL BE ONGOING AT DAYBREAK...PUSHING EAST INTO
IOWA THROUGH THE DAY.

THE MODELS REALLY DIVERGE BEYOND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND ESSENTIALLY GO
OUT OF PHASE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE FORWARD MOTION OF THE UPPER WAVE
SEEMS TOO FAST ON THE GFS...CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS LIKELY ANOTHER
IMPULSE GATHERING STEAM ACROSS SOUTHWEST COLORADO THAT WILL EJECT
LATER TONIGHT. THIS DOESNT APPEAR TO BE PICKED UP AT ALL BY THE
GFS...BUT THE NAM MAY BE LATCHING ONTO THAT FEATURE...WHICH LINGERS
PRECIPITATION MUCH LONGER INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. GENERALLY
FOLLOWED THE NAM DURING THIS TIME...AND ENDED PRECIPITATION
ALTOGETHER FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE IN CONTROL.

FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE PERIOD WILL
BE CHARACTERIZED BY SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED BUT SEASONABLE WEATHER. THE
MODELS SUGGEST A NEW SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WHICH INDUCES ANOTHER FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY. IT APPEARS THAT THE SUB
TROPICAL PLUME MAY ALSO BE CONNECTED TO THIS AS WELL...THEREFORE
DECIDED TO ADD A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEASTERN HALF THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STILL BE IN PLACE ON
FRIDAY BUT WILL ESSENTIALLY WASH OUT A SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH SETS
UP WEST AND SOUTH OF THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. WITHOUT STRONG
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...DECIDED TO LEAVE FRIDAY DRY FOR NOW. A
STRONGER SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN CONUS FOR THE
WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD FLATTEN AND PUSH THE UPPER RIDGE EVEN FURTHER
SOUTH LEADING TO SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN NORMAL. THIS WILL
ALSO ALLOW MORE OF THE WESTERLIES TO INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER WITH
MODEST HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT...WHICH SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED
CONVECTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE PRECIP COULD ARRIVE FROM THE
WEST AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR NOW.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

DEWALD

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:18 PM CST, 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
518 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-067-071100-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-
FREMONT IA-HARRISON IA-KNOX-MADISON-MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-
PAGE IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SHELBY IA-
STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
518 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO OAKLAND IOWA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. STORMS
DURING THIS TIME WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE NEXT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A NEW
WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT OR MONDAY.

NEZ065-066-068-078-088>093-071100-
GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
SALINE-SEWARD-
518 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN AGAIN OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE YET THIS EVENING WITH HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH MINOR URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS THIS
EVENING.

OVERNIGHT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA FROM NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ALSO...BUT SEVERE WEATHER SEEMS UNLIKELY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIDESPREAD FLOODING SEEMS UNLIKELY...BUT AREAS THAT
EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING MAY EXPERIENCE ISOLATED LOWLAND
FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN MONDAY MORNING...BUT
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. STORMS
DURING THIS TIME WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE NEXT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A NEW
WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR MONDAY.
HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR MINOR
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS EVENING.

NWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
325 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0319 PM     HAIL             2 S REYNOLDS            40.03N 97.34W
08/06/2006  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          NE   PUBLIC

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Aug 6, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
400 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             2 N FILLEY              40.31N 96.53W
08/06/2006  E1.75 INCH       GAGE               NE   PUBLIC

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Aug 6, 3:16 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
416 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0413 PM     HAIL             BEATRICE                40.27N 96.75W
08/06/2006  E1.75 INCH       GAGE               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Aug 6, 3:31 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
431 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S STERLING            40.42N 96.38W
08/06/2006                   JOHNSON            NE   PUBLIC

            TREE DAMAGE.

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Aug 6, 4:10 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
510 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0448 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W LIBERTY             40.08N 96.50W
08/06/2006                   GAGE               NE   PUBLIC

            TREE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Aug 6, 4:23 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
523 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             5 WNW BURCHARD          40.18N 96.44W
08/06/2006  E0.75 INCH       PAWNEE             NE   PUBLIC

&&

BOUSTEAD

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pawnee

When: August 6, 4:56 PM CST
Where: Pawnee County, Table Rock
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.183, -96.100

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, August 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5529934.