Hail, Dundy
- When
- June 18, 2:34 PM MST
- Where
- Dundy County, 10 mi ENE of Haigler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.075, -101.755
Local law enforcement officials reported hail covered the ground one inch deep.
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 18, 2008
During the afternoon hours, a complex of thunderstorms developed over northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska. These storms moved to the southeast producing a brief tornado northwest of McCook, NE.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 GLD wrote it up.
During the afternoon hours, a complex of thunderstorms developed over northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska. These storms moved to the southeast producing a brief tornado northwest of McCook, NE. Dime to tennis ball size hail was reported over eastern Colorado and northwest Kansas.
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 1:27 PM MST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:27 PM MST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 227 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 .DISCUSSION...THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE ROCKIES AT THE START OF THIS FORECAST WITH VERY LITTLE CHANGE OTHER THAN A SLIGHT EAST MOVEMENT BY SATURDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ROCKIES WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST. FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER AROUND POPS. FOR TONIGHT...THE SHORTWAVE NEAR SOUTHEAST IDAHO WILL BE COMING DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROCKIES TONIGHT TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. A BULLSEYE OF UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES IS INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. POPS WILL RANGE FROM CHANCE IN THE WEST TO LIKELY IN THE EAST. THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 568 IN EFFECT UNTIL 02Z FOR THE WESTERN 2/3 OF THE FORECAST AND A SLIGHT RISK OUTLOOK FOR THE REMAINDER SO WILL MAKE MENTION OF THIS IN THE ZONES. INVERTED V SOUNDINGS INDICATE A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. LATER TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME PATCHY FOG OVER THE SOUTHWEST 1/2 OF THE FORECAST AREA. THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...MORE SHORTWAVE ENERGY IS PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL BE AVAILABLE BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK AS FAVORABLE AS TONIGHT SO WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS. ACTIVITY SLIDE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING SO THAT AFTER 06Z CHANCE POPS WILL EXIST OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN ZONES WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS NORTH. DYNAMICS FOR FRIDAY ARE FOCUSED OVER WESTERN ZONES DURING THE AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE COMES ACROSS. FORCING IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE IN THE AFTERNOON BUT STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ON THE DRYLINE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN COLORADO AND MOVE SOUTHEAST. THE BEST CHANCE SHOULD OCCUR OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING WHERE THERE WILL BE CHANCE POPS AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ELSEWHERE. SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWS AFTER 06Z SAT WITH NIL POPS. SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...DYNAMICS ARE SKETCHY AT BEST THIS FAR OUT BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER EASTERN COLORADO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN STORMS MOVING INTO KANSAS/NEBRASKA ZONES IN THE EVENING. SUBSIDENCE SHOULD FOLLOW AFTER 06Z SUNDAY. 850MB TEMPERATURES COOL A FEW DEGREES THURSDAY AND THEN WARM TO NEAR 30 BY SATURDAY. FOLLOWED THE COOLER MET GUIDANCE WITH PRECIPITATION IN MIND. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL WARM FROM THE LOWER 80S ON THURSDAY TO 90 ON SATURDAY. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S. IN THE EXTENDED...A LARGE RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE PLAINS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND FOLLOWED BY A TROUGH IN EASTERN COLORADO WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE GFS/ECMWF BRING A SHORTWAVE THROUGH THE RIDGE ON SUNDAY BUT H7 TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE TOO WARM FOR CONVECTION SO WILL GO WITH NIL POPS. VERY WARM H7 TEMPERATURES CONTINUE FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SO WILL KEEP THE ENTIRE PERIOD DRY. 850MB TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM UP FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. CONSEQUENTLY MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL BY SEVERAL DEGREES WITH READINGS IN THE LOWER/MID 60S. FS && .AVIATION... 1135 AM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 FOR THE 18Z TAF...GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES OVER BOTH TERMINALS CURRENTLY WITH CU FIELD STARTING TO DEEPEN OVER THE FRONT RANGE SPREADING EASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO. A FEW WEAK SHOWERS WERE NOTED ON RADAR OVER EASTERN COLORADO BUT TRENDS WOULD INDICATE A GRADUAL DISSIPATION BEFORE THEY REACH KGLD. AM ANTICIPATING WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP MOIST CONVECTION BY LATE AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD IMPACT BOTH KGLD AND KMCK BY AROUND 22Z...PERHAPS A LITTLE LATER. NAM BUFKIT PROFILES INDICATE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW STRATUS/FOG AT KGLD BY AROUND 08Z. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE 12Z/18 RUC13 AND HAVE THUS INSERTED MVFR CIGS/VIS. APPEARS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS MORNINGS SETUP WHICH YIELDED VLIFR CONDITIONS AT KGLD FOR A FEW HOURS BUT NOT READY TO GO THAT EXTREME THIS FAR OUT. PLENTY OF TIME TO ADJUST AS NEEDED. FOG SIGNAL MUCH WEAKER FOR KMCK BUT LOW STRATUS APPEARS LIKELY AS PRECIP DEPARTS AND WEAK SUBSIDENCE INVERSION SETS UP. BOTH TERMINALS SHOULD SEE A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS BY AROUND 15Z THURSDAY. FOLTZ && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && WFO GOODLAND
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 9:31 AM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1031 AM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-191230- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1031 AM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 /1131 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE TO CREATE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. WHILE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGE WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STAGNATED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS EACH DAY. IF THIS OCCURS...FLOODING MAY ALSO BECOME A CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOLTZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:52 AM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1252 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 COZ091-181915- KIT CARSON COUNTY- 1252 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 1250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF FLAGLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 43 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. FOLTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:32 PM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 132 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 COZ091-092-182015- CHEYENNE COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY- 132 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 128 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF VONA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLAGLER AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 211. FOLTZ
Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:34 PM MST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
234 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0234 PM HAIL 4 E VERNON 39.93N 102.24W
06/18/2008 E0.88 INCH YUMA CO CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
FOLTZLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:39 PM MST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
239 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 14 N SEIBERT 39.50N 102.90W
06/18/2008 KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD RELAYED BY KIT CARSON
COUNTY DISPATCH
&&
FOLTZThe radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hitchcock
- When
- June 18, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, 7 mi NW of Culbertson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.302, -100.924
Nickel size hail and wind gusts of up to 40 mph were reported.
Tornado, Red Willow
- When
- June 18, 4:01 PM CST to 4:02 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County, 1 mi NW of Mc Cook
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 0.25 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.210, -100.633
The public reported a brief tornado which lasted one minute and caused no damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- June 18, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County, Mc Cook
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.620
A cooperative observer reported tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were broken off around town. Also, a camper was reported to have been blown over and a privacy fence destroyed by the wind.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 18 to 19, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 18 to 19, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 18, 2008
- Flash Flood in Illinois, June 18, 2008
- Hail in Nebraska, June 18 to 19, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Arizona, June 18 to 22, 2008
- Hail in Nebraska, June 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 18, 2008
More
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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: 106428, 106431, 106441, 106477.