Nebraska, 2007

Hail in Nebraska, June 10, 2007

June 10, 2007 · NWS LBF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Isolated severe thunderstorms moved out of West Central Nebraska into portions of the Southwest; additional severe storm moved into Keya Paha and Rock counties in the North Central.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 happened

The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.

Isolated severe thunderstorms moved out of West Central Nebraska into portions of the Southwest; additional severe storm moved into Keya Paha and Rock counties in the North Central.

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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 1:30 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 1:30 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
BROAD H5 RIDGE COVERS SOUTHERN CONUS AND IS PUSHED NORTH INTO
CENTRAL PLAINS. H5 CUTOFF LOW OVER BAJA. CONVECTION FIRING ALONG
DRY LINE AS SEEN IN WSR-88D ALONG SOUTHERN NE PANHANDLE INTO
NORTHEAST COLO0RADO PLAINS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODELS HAVE MINOR DIFFERENCES IN NEAR TERM BUT WITH GOOD
CONFIDENCE IN OUTPUT WILL USE A BLEND TRENDING TOWARDS WRF.
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO UPPER 80S OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS
AFTERNOON. CONVECTION FIRING ALONG DRY LINE SURGE OVER THE WESTERN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. TDS IN THE LOW 60S
OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WHERE CAP STRENGTH CONTINUES TO HOLD
CONVECTION BACK. STRONG INSTABILITY WITH SUBSTANTIAL CAPE. AS
STORMS MOVE INTO BETTER MOISTURE OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA EXPECT TO
BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. ON MONDAY SIMILAR SCENARIO TO
TODAY WITH CONVECTION FIRING TO THE WEST OF CWA AND THEN FEEDING
INTO DEEPER MOISTURE OVER WESTERN ZONES. TUESDAY AS H5 TROUGH
LIFTS NORTHEAST BEST CHCS FOR PRECIP. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT
WITH THIS PATTERN OVER LAST SEVERAL DAYS. SOME SOUTHERN STREAM
MOISTURE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS A TAP FORM THE PACIFIC. MODEL PWS
RUNNING QUITE HIGH AND PROJECTED STOM MOTION WILL BE QUITE SLOW.
HAVE INTRODUCED TRWM AS PATTERN SLOWS. TRAINING CONVECTION WILL BE
A PROBLEM AND SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT WILL AID IN THE PROCESS.
SITUATION WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR HYDRO CONCERNS. HAVE UPPED
QPFS CONSIDERABLY THROUGH THE PERIOD TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
EXTENDED MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT. DGEX IS OUTLIER AT
THIS TIME. IT STALLS OUT JUST TO THE WEST OF FORECAST AREA. HAVE
USED A BLEND OF CONSISTENT ECMWF AND GFS. DRYING OUT AFTER FRIDAY
WITH THE NEXT BEST CHANCE LATE IN THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES IN THE
90S ON MONDAY AND IN THE 80S THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH
LOWS IN THE 50S.

&&

.AVIATION...
A DRYLINE PUSHING EAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IMPACTING ALL ROUTES. OVERNIGHT
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL INCREASE WITH CEILING DROPS TO MVFR
AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG PORTIONS OF ROUTE 098.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ005>010-094.

&&

POWER/TLK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 1:07 PM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
307 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-112015-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
307 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 /207 PM MDT SUN JUN 10 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A DRYLINE PUSHING EAST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN AREAS EAST OF THE PANHANDLE. THE STORMS
WILL START OUT AS HIGH BASED...THEN AS STORMS MOVE EAST THEY WILL
TAP INTO A BETTER MOISTURE AXIS FOR LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL
AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. CONTINUED DEEP MOISTURE...STRONG WINDS
ALOFT AND INTENSE DAYTIME HEATING ARE EXPECTED TO TRIGGER THE
STORMS. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

TUESDAY...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS
MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE IN THE DAY TUESDAY.
LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE COULD OCCUR. ALSO...INTENSE RAINFALL
AND FLOODING COULD DEVELOP AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS
THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY...MOISTURE AND UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
LATE IN THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EAST OF THE PANHANDLE.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE

KECK/COLE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Grant

When
June 10, 4:45 PM MST
Where
Grant County, Whitman
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
42.050, -101.520

Hail, Keya Paha

When
June 10, 7:20 PM CST
Where
Keya Paha County, 6 mi NNW of Springview
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.900, -99.775

Hail, Rock

When
June 10, 9:08 PM CST
Where
Rock County, 8 mi NNE of Bassett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.687, -99.460

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 43119, 43120, 43121.