Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 19, 5:20 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Lorenzo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -103.050
Hail in Nebraska, June 19, 2008
A couple of severe thunderstorms produced some large hail over parts of Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne counties of the Nebraska panhandle.
Where it happened
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- Hail
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- Heat and drought
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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 CYS wrote it up.
A couple of severe thunderstorms produced some large hail over parts of Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne counties of the Nebraska panhandle.
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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 11:30 AM MST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 11:30 AM MST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1230 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 .SHORT TERM...EXPECTING MORE OF THE SAME IN THE SHORT TERM...BUT THE RIDGE IS INDEED STRENGTHENING AT A SLOW PACE. UPSLOPE FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL ENSURE A CHANCE OF STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LITTER THE CWA...SO WILL NOT TOY WITH ADVANCED PLACEMENT OF THESE STORMS...A BROADBRUSHED SCATTERED WILL COVER IT. AGAIN...MOISTURE WILL ALLOW THE FORMATION OF A LOW CLOUD DECK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WITH PATCHY FOG AS WELL. FRIDAY SHOULD SEE EVEN LESS ACTIVITY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STORMS WILL STILL FIRE IN THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. SATURDAY WILL FINALLY DRY OUT AND WARM UP AS THE RIDGE MOVES EAST AS IT CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY. THIS SHOULD PUT AN END TO THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE OVERHEAD. GENERAL SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE PRESENT TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INCREASED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND THE CHANCE FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. AREAS WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE LIMITED MOISTURE PRESENT WHICH SHOULD KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORMING. WARM 700 MB TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD WILL HELP TO INHIBIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PERIOD...BUT FEEL THAT SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE WARRANTED GIVEN THE SUPPORT INDICATED IN THE BUFR SOUNDINGS FROM THE FORECAST MODELS. && .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR OUTSIDE OF THE SCATTERED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LOW DECK SHOULD SET UP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE TONIGHT...BUT THE CIGS SHOULD BE AT OT ABOVE 3000 FEET. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...SOWKO LONG TERM....SJC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:10 PM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 310 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 WYZ059-060-202115- CONVERSE-NIOBRARA- 310 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR A SCATTERED COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN. IN GENERAL...MOST OF THE HAIL THAT FALLS WILL BE SMALL AND WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO 50 MPH. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING EACH DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CHEYENNE. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ061>070-202115- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- 310 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SCATTERED COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PANHANDLE. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SCOTTS BLUFF AND SIOUX COUNTIES...WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAY PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE EACH DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:35 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
335 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM HAIL 5 W CARPENTER 41.03N 104.44W
06/19/2008 E0.50 INCH LARAMIE WY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HAHNLocal storm report, Jun 19, 2:42 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
342 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 PM HAIL CARPENTER 41.03N 104.34W
06/19/2008 E0.50 INCH LARAMIE WY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HAHNLocal storm report, Jun 19, 3:23 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
423 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL 3 S CHEYENNE 41.10N 104.79W
06/19/2008 E0.50 INCH LARAMIE WY PUBLIC
SOUTH GREELEY HWY NEA RACE TRACK
&&Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:23 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
423 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL 3 S CHEYENNE 41.10N 104.79W
06/19/2008 E0.50 INCH LARAMIE WY PUBLIC
SOUTH GREELEY HWY NEAR RACE TRACK
&&Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:04 PM MST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 604 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 NEZ055-200215- CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SIDNEY 604 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH 730 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND THE CITY OF SIDNEY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF LORENZO BY 630 PM. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. HAHN
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:06 PM MST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 606 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 NEZ055-200115- CHEYENNE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SIDNEY 606 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIDNEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH THROUGH 730 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND THE CITY OF SIDNEY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF LORENZO THROUGH 615 PM. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. HAHN
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Scotts Bluff
- When
- June 19, 5:40 PM MST to 5:43 PM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff County, 3 mi NE of Scottsbluff to 5 mi NE of Scottsbluff
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.901, -103.609
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 19, 7:07 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 6 mi W of Sidney
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -103.095
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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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: 95632, 95629, 95630.