Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 2006

Name: Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 2006
Start: 2006-06-05T17:30
End: 2006-06-05T17:30
Location: Nebraska

June 5, 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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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Jun 5, 3:05 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:05 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
405 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

.DISCUSSION...

CONVECTION COVERAGE/EVOLUTION THROUGH TONIGHT IS THE MAIN
CHALLENGE THIS FORECAST.  A SECONDARY CONCERN IS FRONTAL TIMING
NEXT SATURDAY AND BEYOND.

RAPID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE ALONG A COLD
FRONT AND LEAD TROF ERN SD THRU N CENTRAL TO SW NEBRASKA.  GOOD
HEATING HAS TAKEN PLACE FROM THIS AREA INTO NORTHEAST NEB.  SEVERE
WX POTENTIAL IS STRONGEST IN THIS AREA...MAINLY HAIL AND WINDS.
SHEAR APPEARS MARGINAL...THERE ARE NO STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN
THE AREA AT LEAST YET...AND LCLS ARE FAIRLY HIGH.

DAYTIME HEATING HAS BEEN SQUELCHED OVER E CENTRAL AND SE NEBRASKA
INTO SW IA BY A LEFTOVER MCS.  THIS HAS REDUCED AVAILABLE CAPE...AND
SEVERE POTENTIAL.  MOISTURE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO ALLOW WIDELY SCT TSTMS
ANYWAY.  EXPECT MORE WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT AS THE FRONT PLOWS ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  AS SYSTEM IS
PROGRESSIVE...RAINFALL WILL PROBABLY NOT BE EXCESSIVE.

SOME REMNANTS OF CONVECTION MAY BE LEFT OVER IN THE SE TUESDAY
MORNING...BUT SHOULD NOT LAST LONG.  18Z NAM APPEARS A TRIFLE SLOWER
THAN 12Z RUN...BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR MUCH CONCERN YET.

SEVERAL DAYS OF WARM AND DRY WEATHER SHOULD FOLLOW...WITH THE
POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF A RIDGE RUNNER WAVE WITH WARM ADVECTION PRECIP
THU NIGHT.  AIRMASS REMAINS WARM INTO THE WEEKEND UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF A STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE S AND CENTRAL ROCKIES.
BUMPED UP TEMPS A FEW DEGREES IN LINE WITH NEW GUID...BUT HELD BACK
A COUPLE OF DEGREES ON SAT HPC GUID FOR BETTER CONSENSUS WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES.  IF TIMING IS CORRECT ON THE NEXT FRONT...
CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY WARM BY THEN AND TEMPS WILL NEED TO BE
BROUGHT UP MORE BOTH DAY AND NIGHT.

HPC AND MODELS ARE CONSISTENT FROM YESTERDAY IN BRINGING THE NEXT
FRONT THROUGH LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.  WHILE MODEL TIMING IS
ALWAYS SUSPECT SO FAR OUT...CONSISTENCY APPEAR GOOD ENOUGH TO STICK
TO PREVIOUS SCENARIO FOR THE WEEKEND.  MONDAY IS LESS CERTAIN.
UPPER FLOW GRADUALLY FLATTENS...AND THERE MAY BE A SECOND WAVE ALONG
THE FRONT LATER SUNDAY OR MONDAY.  PUT BETTER POPS IN FOR SUNDAY NGT
THAN MONDAY...BUT FAIRLY LOW NUMBERS OVERALL.  TEMPERATURES ARE AS
UNCERTAIN AS FRONTAL POSITIONS...BUT ELECTED TO TREAT SUNDAY AS A
POST FRONTAL DAY WITH SUBSTANTIALLY COOLER TEMPS THAN INDICATED BY
HPC GUIDANCE.ES AND THIS TOO WILL NEED MONITORING.

&&

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

POLLACK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:16 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
516 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-060500-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-
FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON-
MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE-
PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-
SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
516 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...AND
ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT.

THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL
DARK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS
EVENING.  THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT RISK OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT.  A GRADUAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED...BUT LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE LARGEST
STORMS.  HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA.  ANY STORMS THAT
REMAIN IN THIS AREA AFTER 7 AM ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN
NEBRASKA...THEN AGAIN FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA AS A NEW COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IN PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER
8 PM IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

POLLACK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:43 PM CST, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
543 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0540 PM     HAIL             15 W WINNETOON          42.51N 98.26W
06/05/2006  E1.00 INCH       KNOX               NE   PUBLIC

&&

DEWALD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:06 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
606 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0605 PM     HAIL             CENTER                  42.61N 97.88W
06/05/2006  E0.88 INCH       KNOX               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DEWALD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:12 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
612 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0555 PM     HAIL             4 N PLAINVIEW           42.41N 97.79W
06/05/2006  E0.75 INCH       PIERCE             NE   PUBLIC

&&

DEWALD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:17 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
617 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0611 PM     HAIL             CENTER                  42.61N 97.88W
06/05/2006  E1.00 INCH       KNOX               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GROUND WHITE WITH HAIL, LEAVES STRIPPED FROM TREES.

&&

DEWALD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:22 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
622 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0617 PM     HAIL             1 SW BLOOMFIELD         42.59N 97.66W
06/05/2006  E0.88 INCH       KNOX               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DEWALD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:25 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
625 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006

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

0624 PM     HAIL             BLOOMFIELD              42.60N 97.65W
06/05/2006  E1.00 INCH       KNOX               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

DEWALD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Knox

When: June 5, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Knox County, Niobrara
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 42.750, -98.033

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, June 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: 5511904.