Afternoon thunderstorms developed once again across south central Nebraska as an upper level disturbance crossed the Central Plains and a weak surface boundary moved south through the state. With the help of marginal instability and shear, a few of these thunderstorms became severe, with hail from the size of pennies to golfballs reported.
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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.
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Afternoon thunderstorms developed once again across south central Nebraska as an upper level disturbance crossed the Central Plains and a weak surface boundary moved south through the state. With the help of marginal instability and shear, a few of these thunderstorms became severe, with hail from the size of pennies to golfballs reported.
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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 2:02 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 302 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .SHORT TERM...FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER LATE AFTERNOON TO EVENING FILLED WITH CONVECTIVE PRECIP CHANCES LOOKS TO BE ON THE TABLE AS A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IS CURRENTLY SEEN ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA...IS SHOWN TO SLIDE SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS BOUNDARY ALONG WITH A WEAK CLIPPER WAVE ALREADY PUSHING INTO THE REGION...WILL INTERACT WITH ML CAPES OF 1000 TO 1500 J/KG TO PRODUCE SOME DEEP CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS MARGINAL AT THIS POINT WITH VALUES OF 25 TO 30 KTS SHOWN ACROSS THE AREA BUT IS SHOWN TO INCREASE TO AROUND 35 TO 45 KNOTS THIS EVENING WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR DECENT CELL ORGANIZATION AND POTENTIAL ROTATION. BASED ON THIS SETUP...WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SEVERE IN HWO BUT INCREASED HAIL SIZE POTENTIAL TO GOLFBALLS. SOUNDINGS ALSO APPEAR TO HAVE A SLIGHT INVERTED V PROFILE AND STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME STRONG WINDS AS WELL. OTHERWISE...ANTICIPATE CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO FADE AFTER SUNSET WITH LITTLE TO NO THREAT FOR CONVECTION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THE AREA HEADS INTO SUNDAY TO SUNDAY NIGHT...THE SURFACE TROUGH IS SHOWN TO PUSH SOUTH INTO NORTHERN KANSAS WHILE A WEAK SURFACE LOW SPINS UP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO INTO WESTERN KANSAS. YET ANOTHER WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM IS SHOWN TO INTERACT WITH THIS BOUNDARY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR SHOWN TO BE IN EXCESS OF 40 KNTS AND ML CAPES OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG SHOWN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK LIKELY. TEMPERATURE WISE...THE BOUNDARY LOCATION WILL DETERMINE TEMPERATURES TO A LARGE DEGREE BUT BASED OFF THE EXPECTED LOCATION WILL AIM FOR HIGHS IN THE MID 80S NORTHEAST TO LOWER 90S SOUTHWEST. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN CONTINUES IN THE EXTENDED...AND AS HAS BEEN THE CASE...THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON THUNDERSTORMS. ON MONDAY...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS ORIENTED ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...WITH UPSLOPE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. A PROGRESSION OF DECENT WAVES DAMPEN THE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE ROCKIES AND TRANSLATE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE FLOW MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. CONVECTION SHOULD INITIATE TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST AND PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH PARTICULARLY OVERNIGHT AS THE LOWLEVEL JET INCREASES TO AROUND 40KTS OVER THE BOUNDARY. TUESDAY REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH WAVE TIMING MONDAY NIGHT. CONVECTION COULD LINGER DURING THE DAY OR POTENTIALLY REDEVELOP ON LINGERING BOUNDARIES. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD OR SHALL WE SAY MAY BE A BREAK BETWEEN CHANCES FOR CONVECTION AS THE SURFACE RIDGES SETTLES IN. TSTM CHCS RETURN WED NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED AS THE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE AND YOU JUST CANNOT RULE OUT A CHANCE FOR PCPN. IF CONVECTION CAN FIRE THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z KGRI TAF. VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS FOR THE GRAND ISLAND TERMINAL ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO IMPACT THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. EXPECT CLOUD CEILINGS TO BE ABOVE 6 KFT WITH THESE STORMS BUT THE TERMINAL MAY SEE BRIEF RESTRICTIONS IN VISIBILITY DOWN TO 3 TO 5 MILES. OTHERWISE...THE LATE EVENING TO OVERNIGHT HOURS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING LOOK QUIET FOR THE TERMINAL. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 238 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 221200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 238 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ON SUNDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 348 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NEZ041-048-049-212130- MERRICK-NANCE-POLK- 348 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... NORTHEASTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA EASTERN NANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. EDWARD...OR 27 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GENOA BY 405 PM CDT SILVER CREEK BY 425 PM CDT OSCEOLA BY 430 PM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 350 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 NEZ060-212115- DAWSON- 350 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF OCONTO...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDDYVILLE BY 410 PM CDT SUMNER BY 415 PM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Drifts of marble to nickel size hail reported northwest of Genoa.
Pea to penny size hail drifted up against a house. Wind gusts estimated at 50 mph. Some damage to corn crops reported.
Tree damage reported in Palmer.
Pea to nickel size hail and heavy rain was reported.
Penny to quarter size hail was reported. Some tree damage in Doniphan with branches down.
Significant crop damage in a path approximately 3 miles wide.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2008
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: 116180, 116181, 116183, 116184, 116185, 116186, 116187, 116189.