Another upper level disturbance crossing the region aided in the development of thunderstorms over the High Plains, some of which drifted into south central Nebraska during the overnight hours. Modest instability and shear allowed some of these storms to become strong to severe, with one storm dropping quarter to golf ball size hail over Grand Island in Hall County.
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Another upper level disturbance crossing the region aided in the development of thunderstorms over the High Plains, some of which drifted into south central Nebraska during the overnight hours. Modest instability and shear allowed some of these storms to become strong to severe, with one storm dropping quarter to golf ball size hail over Grand Island in Hall County.
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 3, 12:04 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 104 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 .AVIATION...06Z KGRI TAF. THE WILL BE A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST FOR CEILINGS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. WIDE FLUCTUATIONS COULD OCCUR AS THERE IS NOT A SOLID CEILING AT ANY LEVEL THUS FAR. TIMED CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST TO ARRIVE AT 08Z. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE DICEY BY THEN. ENDING OF PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO BE TRICKY AND CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR THIS AS WELL. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 641 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008/ AVIATION...00Z TAF. REALLY AWAITING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT...WHICH WILL DETERMINE CONDITIONS. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT STORMS TO INCREASE NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH LOW LEVEL JET RIDING OVER THE FRONT TO THE SOUTH. INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA LATE IN THE EVENING...AND A CATEGORICAL TSRA FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS OVERNIGHT. WHILE THE TSRA WILL MOVE EAST...MVFR TO IFR CIGS AND VSBYS ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY TUESDAY...BEFORE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS TAKES HOLD. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008/ SHORT TERM...FOCUS IS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE FIRST BATCH OF CONVECTION THIS MORNING WHICH PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL HAS SHIFTED EAST INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. AT THIS TIME WE ARE IN THE LULL BETWEEN ACTIVITY AS STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REFIRE TO OUR WEST AND SOUTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS ORIENTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE SURFACE LOW LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. MOISTURE IS PLENTIFUL TONIGHT WITH DPS WELL INTO THE 60S TO THE LOWER 70S SOUTH...SREF INDICATING MU CAPES ON THE ORDER OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG AND BULK EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 40 TO 50KTS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS AND IF MORNING TRENDS ARE ANY INDICATION HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OR SOFTBALLS ARE POSSIBLE...WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER...AND EVEN TORNADOES ARE A CONCERN IN THE VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AGAIN AVERAGE AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE STORMS MAY LEAD TO SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS. HAVE HELD OFF ON THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW AS MODELS ARE NOT HANDLING CONVECTION WELL AND ITS STILL DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE BEST LOCATION FOR POPS ATTM MUCH LESS A FFA HEADLINE. IF CONFIDENCE WERE HIGHER IN POPS...WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FFA. WILL STILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL HYDRO ISSUES IN THE HWO. THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT SHOULD ORGANIZE INTO AN MCS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AIDED BY A 60KT LOWLEVEL JET...WITH THE MAIN STORM HAZARDS THROUGH THE NIGHT BEING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE STORMS LINGER INTO THE MORNING TUESDAY FOR A FEW HOURS...SIMILAR TO THE STORMS EARLIER TODAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES TO OUR SOUTH BY MIDDAY TUESDAY AND WE SHOULD SEE A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER. THIS DRY WEATHER LOOKS TO BE RELATIVELY SHORTLIVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION ORGANIZING TO OUR WEST TUESDAY EVENING AND APPROACHING OUR WESTERN CWA TUESDAY NIGHT. CONVECTION WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT...BUT ALL IN ALL IT LOOKS ACTIVE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER. LONG TERM...12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH AN UPPER LOW DIGGING IN THE WEST THERE WILL BE SOUTHWEST FLOW THAT SHOULD BE ACTIVE AS IT SENDS OUT WAVES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SETS UP JUST TO THE SOUTH WITH THE WARM FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AND A TRIPLE POINT IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. CAPE VALUES OF 2000 TO 4000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF OVER 60 KTS...THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD SET UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE UPPER LOW WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. BY FRIDAY THE UPPER LOW IS MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END. ONCE AGAIN...THIS BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS SHORT LIVED WITH THE NEXT LOW DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN CONUS. A WEAK WAVE SLIDES ACROSS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...BUT A STRONGER WAVE MOVES IN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE SURFACE LOW JUST TO THE SOUTH AND A WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && AVIATION...HEINLEIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 709 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-031200- ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY- HALL-HAMILTON-HARLAN-HOWARD-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MERRICK-MITCHELL-NANCE- NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS-PHILLIPS-POLK-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-THAYER- VALLEY-WEBSTER-YORK- 709 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO DEVELOP AFTER 10 OR 11 PM...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IS ALSO POSSIBLE...THUS CREATING A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR MUCH OF OUR WATER LOGGED REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA AS A WARM FRONT IS SHOWN TO STALL NEAR THE KANSAS...NEBRASKA BORDER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH TORNADOES...SOME STRONG...ALL LOOK POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THERE ARE ALSO THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED FOR A TIME TONIGHT IN THE OUTLOOK AREA. && 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 147 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NEZ046-060-061-030715- BUFFALO-DAWSON-SHERMAN- 147 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EAST CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MILLER...OR 18 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... AMHERST BY 200 AM CDT PLEASANTON BY 215 AM CDT SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEINLEIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 211 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NEZ047-048-061>063-030745- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-HOWARD-MERRICK- 211 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND. WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POOLE...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEARNEY... AND MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAIRO BY 235 AM CDT ALDA BY 245 AM CDT SMALL 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. HEINLEIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 227 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NEZ047-048-061>063-030800- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-HOWARD-MERRICK- 227 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND. CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAIRO...OR 21 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAIRO BY 240 AM CDT ALDA BY 250 AM CDT GRAND ISLAND BY 255 AM CDT PHILLIPS BY 300 AM CDT DIME 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 229 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NEZ060-061-073-074-030800- BUFFALO-DAWSON-KEARNEY-PHELPS- 229 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEARNEY. EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF ELM CREEK...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF HOLDREGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ODESSA BY 240 AM CDT KEARNEY BY 300 AM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 281. SMALL 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. HEINLEIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 249 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NEZ048-062-063-030815- HALL-HAMILTON-MERRICK- 249 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND. CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALDA...OR 9 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAND ISLAND BY 300 AM CDT GRAND ISLAND BY 305 AM CDT PHILLIPS BY 315 AM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 310 AND 315. DIME 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. HEINLEIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 253 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NEZ047-048-062-063-030830- HALL-HAMILTON-HOWARD-MERRICK- 253 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND. WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALDA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAND ISLAND BY 305 AM CDT PHILLIPS BY 320 AM CDT CHAPMAN BY 330 AM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 35 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. HEINLEIN
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:03 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter to golf ball size hail reported.
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