Hail, Morrill
- When
- June 23, 3:47 PM MST
- Where
- Morrill County, 4 mi E of Bayard
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -103.242
Hail in Nebraska, June 23, 2008
A couple of severe thunderstorms produced some hail over parts of Morrill and Cheyenne counties of the Nebraska panhandle.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 hail over parts of Morrill 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 23, 12:26 PM MST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 12:26 PM MST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 126 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... BROAD WEAKLY AMPLIFIED RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. DISCRETE SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO PERIODICALLY CREST THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AFFECTING SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THE FIRST SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED SHORTWAVE LOCATED FROM CONVERSE COUNTY THROUGH NORTHWEST COLORADO ATTM WILL TRANSLATE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MID-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AND WEAK MID-LEVEL COOLING WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH SUNSET YIELDING MINIMUM LIFTED INDICES IN THE -3 TO -5C RANGE AND MAXIMUM SBCAPES IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG. MID-LEVEL FLOW IS RELATIVELY WEAK...WITH LESS THAN 25 OR 30 KTS EXISTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LAYER PER BUFKIT SOUNDINGS WHICH MAY HELP TO LIMIT OVERALL ORGANIZATION. NONETHELESS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A CHEYENNE TO DOUGLAS LINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONVECTION WILL WANE WITH SUNSET...OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVES WILL CREST THE RIDGE AGAIN TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROVIDING ANOTHER SHOT AT ISOLATED TO LOCALLY SCATTERED CONVECTION. MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH H7 TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 13 TO 16C RANGE BY WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL YIELD MID 90S IN THE PANHANDLE...AND UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS WYOMING FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... EVENING CONVECTION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIE OFF THOUGH MAY STILL CONTINUE OVER THE PANHANDLE A WHILE LONGER. MORE SIG CHANGES BEGIN BY LATE THURSDAY AS DECENT UPPER TROF SWINGS INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKYS AND DRIVES A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SOME ASSOCIATED CONVECTION. MAIN UPPER TROF PASSES ACROSS FRIDAY WITH DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILTERING ACROSS THE CWA. INSTABILITY ALSO GETS PUSHED TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH JUST SOME HINT OF POSSIBLE CONVECTION ALONG THE FAR SRN CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS SFC HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION BEHIND UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LOW MOVING TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION. RETURN TO WARMER TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS EDGES EASTWARD TOWARD THE AREA. INSTABILITY REMAINS SHUNTED WELL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA AFTER FRIDAY THUS WILL FAVOR A DRY FCST FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL SPREAD EAST ONTO THE WYOMING PLAINS AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IN LARGE PART BE VFR AT AREA TERMINALS...WITH SOME MVFR CIGS/VSBYS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE CONTAINING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. CONVECTION WILL WANE WITH SUNSET OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...HAHN LONG TERM....RE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 10:59 AM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1159 AM MDT MON JUN 23 2008 WYZ059-061>067-069-241145- CONVERSE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- 1159 AM MDT MON JUN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && 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-WYZ060-068-070-241145- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE-NIOBRARA-GOSHEN-PINE BLUFFS- 1159 AM MDT MON JUN 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:55 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 255 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008 WYZ069-232200- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE 255 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING AREAS NORTH OF CHEYENNE... A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF CHEYENNE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND WHITAKER. SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NORTH OF CHEYENNE AND HIGHWAY 85 NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE SHOULD EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER THIS THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO INDOORS. WYZ067-232200- PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATLAND...GUERNSEY 255 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PLATTE COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ALONG INTESTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND BORDEAUX WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN WHEATLAND AND BORDEAUX AS IT MOVES EAST. MARBLE SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO INDOORS. HAHN
Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:56 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
256 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0448 PM TSTM WND GST TORRINGTON 42.07N 104.18W
06/22/2008 M61 MPH GOSHEN WY ASOS
&&
RUBINLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:12 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
312 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0311 PM HAIL 1 SW WHEATLAND 42.04N 104.97W
06/23/2008 E0.75 INCH PLATTE WY EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
REMANUELLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:12 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
312 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM HAIL 1 SW WHEATLAND 42.04N 104.97W
06/23/2008 E0.75 INCH PLATTE WY EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
REMANUELLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:35 PM MST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
335 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0331 PM HAIL CHUGWATER 41.76N 104.82W
06/23/2008 E1.00 INCH PLATTE WY LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
REMANUELLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:45 PM MST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
345 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL 22 N CHEYENNE 41.46N 104.79W
06/23/2008 E1.75 INCH LARAMIE WY LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 25.
&&
REMANUELThe radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 23, 6:22 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 17 mi E of Gurley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -102.652
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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- Hail in Nebraska, June 23, 2008
- Wildfire in New Mexico, June 23 to 30, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 23 to 24, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, June 23, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, June 23, 2008
- Hail in New York, June 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 23, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flood in Massachusetts, June 23 to 24, 2008
- Hail in Ohio, June 23, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 23, 2008
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2008
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: 100900, 100902.