Hail, Adams
- When
- June 23, 1:27 AM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 1.53 mi NW of Ayr
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 40.436, -98.440
Hail in Nebraska, June 23, 2008
A surface boundary draped across the area helped to provide a focus for thunderstorm development as an upper level disturbance cross the Central Plains. An increased low level jet helped to sustain thunderstorms into the overnight hours, some of which were severe, dropping hail to the size of half dollars.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $1.8 million
- 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 GID wrote it up.
A surface boundary draped across the area helped to provide a focus for thunderstorm development as an upper level disturbance cross the Central Plains. An increased low level jet helped to sustain thunderstorms into the overnight hours, some of which were severe, dropping hail to the size of half dollars.
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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 9:38 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:38 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1038 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 .AVIATION...06Z TAF. VFR CIGS AOA 12K ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY AS THUNDERSTORMS MISS THE KGRI TO THE SOUTHWEST. LINGER HIGH PLAINS DEBRIS CLOUDS COULD RESULT IN A SHOWER DURING THE DAY MONDAY...BUT THE IMPROVING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY BY LATE MONDAY EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 644 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008/ AVIATION...00Z TAF. VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST 6 TO 9 HOURS OF THE TAF...AND THEN JUST SOME LOWER VFR CIGS DEVELOPING TOWARD DAWN. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT FROM THE EAST/SOUTHEAST. THE MAY BE STRAY THUNDERSTORM MONDAY AFTERNOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FOCUS REMAINS ON THUNDERSTORMS. OBSERVATIONAL DATA INDICATES THAT THE MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARY HAS PUSHED SOUTH AND WEST OF OUR CWA...HOWEVER VISIBLE SATELLITE INDICATES INDICATES A LINE OF BUBBLY CU FROM ROUGHLY ARAPAHOE TO THEDFORD...WITH ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL AREAS OF FOCUS FOR CONVECTION FROM HASTINGS TO ORD AND POSSIBLE LINCOLN TO ALBION. INSTABILITY IS GREATER ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARY BUT AS WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS...ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AS WELL. HAVE CONFINED THE BETTER POPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE BUBBLY CU AND IN OUR SW IN PROXIMITY TO THE MAIN BOUNDARY...BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR TRENDS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SHEAR PARAMETERS ARE STRONGER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY AND COULD SEE SOME SEVERE STORMS AGAIN WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ON MONDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION SHOULD UNFOLD ACROSS OUR REGION. A STRONGER WAVE WILL DAMPEN THE RIDGE AXIS AND PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND DRAW MOISTURE FARTHER NORTH INTO THE PLAINS. AS THE WAVE PROGRESSES...CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE TO WEST...AIDED BY UPSLOPE CONDITIONS...AND THEN PROPAGATE EASTWARD. A DECENT SHEAR AND FAIR AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY ARE PRESENT AND SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE YET AGAIN WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. STORM PROPAGATION MONDAY EVENING AND NIGHT IS OF AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS SET UP...DECENT CHANCES FOR RAINFALL EXIST ACROSS OUR CWA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AVERAGING AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF. THE CONVECTION SHOULD ORGANIZE AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY NIGHT...AIDED BY A 40KT LOWLEVEL JET. TEMPERATURES OVERALL SHOULD AVERAGE IN THE 50S AND 60S FOR LOWS AND GENERALLY BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S FOR HIGHS. LONG TERM...FOR TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE UPPER PATTERN TURNING SLIGHTLY MORE ZONAL ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A BROAD UPPER RIDGE IS POSITIONED ACROSS THE REGION. NONETHELESS...FOR TUESDAY THE NAM AND GFS SHOW A NEARLY STALLED BOUNDARY SITTING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDING ACROSS THE TAIL END OF THE WESTERLIES LOOKS TO KICK OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS. THE UPPER PATTERN CHANGES LITTLE INTO WEDNESDAY BUT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM TUESDAY BECOMES DIFFUSE AND ERODES AS THE LEE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. EXPECT THIS WILL EQUATE TO DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOST OF WEDNESDAY BUT CAN/T RULE OUT AN CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE LEE TROUGH ROLLING OFF THE HIGH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURE WISE...WITH MID LEVEL HEIGHTS INCREASING AND WAA ALLOWING 850MB TEMPERATURES TO WARM BY 3 TO 5C PREVIOUS DAY VALUES...LOOKS AS THOUGH AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL CLIMB BACK ABOVE NORMAL BY MID WEEK. WILL AIM FOR HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S TUESDAY BUT THEN INCREASING TO THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S ON WEDNESDAY. FOR THURSDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING A SIMILAR PATTERN EVOLUTION WITH THE UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFYING OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TO HIGH PLAINS REGION WHILE A BROAD TROUGH SITS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS LOOKS TO PUT THE REGION UNDER A PESKY NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME AGAIN WITH A THREAT FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOST DAYS. THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WHEN A WEAK BOUNDARY SLIDES INTO THE AREA. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 2:10 PM CST, 11 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 310 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060-061-072>075-082>086-231200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-DAWSON-BUFFALO- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS- 310 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WEST OF KEARNEY TO HEBRON LINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A SLIGHT THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST WEST OF A LEXINGTON NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS LINE. LARGE UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN EXIST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 DURING THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN INTERMITTENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THEN EXIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-076-077-087-231200- VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON- YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-THAYER- 310 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EAST OF A KEARNEY TO HEBRON LINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN EXIST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 DURING THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN INTERMITTENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THEN EXIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:49 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1249 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 KSZ007-NEZ074-075-085-086-230615- ADAMS-JEWELL-KEARNEY-NUCKOLLS-WEBSTER- 1249 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 1245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF BLADEN...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BLADEN BY 1255 AM CDT BLUE HILL BY 115 AM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 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.
Local storm report, Jun 23, 12:19 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
119 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0118 AM HAIL KEARNEY 40.70N 99.08W
06/23/2008 E0.50 INCH BUFFALO NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
WESELYLocal storm report, Jun 23, 12:31 AM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
131 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 AM HAIL 8 SSW KENESAW 40.51N 98.72W
06/23/2008 E0.50 INCH ADAMS NE TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND
&&
WESELYSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 12:47 AM CST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 147 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 KSZ006-NEZ085-230715- SMITH-WEBSTER- 147 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED CLOUD...OR 42 MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 11 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY BY 200 AM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:02 AM CST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 202 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 NEZ073>075-084-085-230730- ADAMS-FRANKLIN-KEARNEY-PHELPS-WEBSTER- 202 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FUNK TO UPLAND TO 7 MILES WEST OF COWLES...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 31 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... HILDRETH BY 210 AM CDT WILCOX BY 215 AM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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, Jun 23, 1:04 AM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 204 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 NEZ061-230730- BUFFALO- 204 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEARNEY. AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KEARNEY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KEARNEY BY 210 AM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 259 AND 284. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 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 radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:28 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Adams
- When
- June 23, 1:50 AM CST to 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 3.49 mi S of Pauline to 3.72 mi E of Pauline
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $1.5 million
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -98.340
Quarter to half dollar size hail fell with major crop damage reported in the area.
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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- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, 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: 117592, 117593.