Hail, Dundy
- When
- May 22, 2:45 PM MST
- Where
- Dundy County, 0.53 mi E of Benkelman Jones Arpt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -101.540
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2008
Southern Nebraska was on the fringe of the major tornado event in NW Kansas on this day. One long-track tornado moved across most of Decatur county Kansas before entering Red Willow county and producing damage.
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
- $350,000
- 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 GLD wrote it up.
Southern Nebraska was on the fringe of the major tornado event in NW Kansas on this day. One long-track tornado moved across most of Decatur county Kansas before entering Red Willow county and producing damage. An isolated hail report was also received.
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 12:23 PM MST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 12:23 PM MST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
123 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
.DISCUSSION...
123 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
FORECAST PROBLEMS INTO THE WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO REVOLVE AROUND
STRONG WINDS...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...AND BOUTS OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. SATELLITE SHOWING THAT THE AMPLIFICATION PROCESS
CONTINUES. UPPER LOW NOW HAS NOT ONLY CUT OFF OVER THE GREAT BASIN...
BUT HAS ALSO BEGUN TO RETROGRESS. WITH VERY STRONG RIDGE IN THE
EASTERN PACIFIC AND STRONG CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA RIDGE/LARGE
EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN UPPER LOW...CONTINUE TO EXPECT VERY LITTLE
CHANGE IN THE UPPER FLOW.
ON THIS PACKAGE WILL NOT BE ISSUING ANY NEW HIGHLIGHTS. WILL BE TIED
UP WITH SEVERE WEATHER...AND DO NOT WANT TO BURDEN EVENING CREW
WITH UPDATES. WILL HIT THESE PARAMETERS HARD IN THE GRIDS AND
REGULARLY ISSUED PRODUCTS. WILL LET OVERNIGHT CREW DECIDE ON THE
NEED FOR ANY WIND AND FIRE HIGHLIGHTS.
TONIGHT/FRIDAY...DRY LINE HAS SET UP FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST THAN
DEPICTED 24 HOURS AGO. AHEAD OF THIS...LOW LEVEL AIR MASS IS VERY
MOIST WITH DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW ABOVE THIS BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL
MOISTURE. STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND JET SEGMENT TO OUR WEST AND
SOUTH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO EXPECT DIFLUENT
FLOW ALOFT TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA. SO EXPECT WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE WEATHER ALMOST A DEFINITE. ANOTHER CONCERN
IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS THAT FORMED YESTERDAY IN COLORADO
TRAINED OVER THE SAME AREA. EVEN THOUGH STORMS WILL BE MOVING
QUICKLY WOULD EXPECT THE SAME TRAINING AFFECT TODAY WITH A MUCH
MORE MOIST AIR MASS. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION HAS MENTIONED OUR
AREA. SO IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MENTION HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL.
SIMILAR SETUP FOR FRIDAY...AND ALL THE WEATHER DEPENDS ON THE
POSITION OF THE DRY LINE. OBVIOUSLY GREATER POPS WILL BE TO NORTH
AND EAST OF THIS FEATURE. WILL BE CLOSE TO ABOVE WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA FOR MOST OF THE AREA. SOME PLACES AGAIN MAY GET CLOSE TO
HIGH WIND WARNING. WEST OF THE DRY LINE MAY NEED A FIRE HIGHLIGHT AS
WELL. WILL BE GOING NEAR TO BELOW GUIDANCE.
FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY...POPS WILL BE ORIENTED FOR THE NIGHT
ACCORDING TO THE BOUNDARY POSITION. WILL PROBABLY BE HIGHER OVER THE
NORTHEAST HALF AGAIN. ON SATURDAY...WHEREVER THE DRY LINE IS WILL BE
DETERMINER FOR POPS...AND WILL PUT IN THE APPROPRIATEPOPS.
SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY...AGAIN NOT A LOT TIME TO LOOK AT THIS. POPS
CHANCE AND COVERAGE WILL BE DETERMINED BY BOUNDARY POSITION.
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...DID NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS
DUE TO CURRENT AND EXPECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER. SOME KIND OF
BOUNDARY WILL BE IN...NEAR OR MOVING THROUGH DURING THIS TIME. ALSO
PERIODIC PIECES OF THE JET AND SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH IN
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MAKE FOR SOME KIND OF CHANCE THROUGH THE WHOLE
PERIOD. USED HPC GRIDS AND TWEEKED THEM AT MOST.
THANKS TO ALL FOR COLLABORATION.
BULLER
&&
.AVIATION...
1130 AM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...STRONG SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
AND CONDITIONS WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN VFR AND MVFR THROUGH THE FIRST
12 HOURS OF THE TAF PERIOD. AS THE STRATUS BEGINS TO LIFT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE REGION.
KJ
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
123 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
AS STATED ABOVE DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS DUE TO EXPECTED SEVERE
WEATHER...WILL NOT BE ISSUING ANY FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS
TIME. HOWEVER...GRIDS AND APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS WILL BE ADJUSTED TO
FIT EXPECTED CONDITIONS. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON
SATURDAY...TO REACH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BULLER
&&
GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ027-041.
NE...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR
NEZ079>081.
CO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ090.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ253-254.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ091-092.
&&
WFO GOODLANDHazardous weather outlook, May 22, 12:37 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 137 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231600- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 137 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008 /237 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON... SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WITH LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND FAVORABLE INSTABILITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LONG TRACKED TORNADOES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A JOES TO SELKIRK LINE. STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH...HOWEVER IF TRAINING OF STORMS OCCURS...AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE... WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING DIRT MAY ALSO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. EXTREME FIRE WEATHER WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A FLAGLER COLORADO TO RUSSEL SPRINGS KANSAS LINE. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MAINLY THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN SECTIONS. ADDITIONAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A RESULT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED. JRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 22, 2:05 PM MST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
305 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL 1 E ST. FRANCIS 39.77N 101.78W
05/22/2008 E0.75 INCH CHEYENNE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 22, 2:09 PM MST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
309 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0304 PM HAIL 12 S GRINNELL 38.95N 100.63W
05/22/2008 E1.75 INCH GOVE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
STORM WAS ALSO ROTATING
&&
SJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 22, 2:14 PM MST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
314 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0311 PM HAIL 6 W GOVE 38.96N 100.60W
05/22/2008 E1.00 INCH GOVE KS STORM CHASER
REPORT RELAYED FROM THE SPOTTER NETWORK.
&&
SJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 22, 2:20 PM MST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
320 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0319 PM TORNADO 10 S GRINNELL 38.98N 100.63W
05/22/2008 GOVE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 22, 2:27 PM MST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
327 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM TSTM WND GST 12 N GOODLAND 39.52N 101.71W
05/22/2008 M58 MPH SHERMAN KS MESONET
&&
MBULLERLocal storm report, May 22, 2:28 PM MST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
328 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM HAIL 11 N ATWOOD 39.97N 101.04W
05/22/2008 E1.00 INCH RAWLINS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
LATE REPORT
&&
SJOHNSONThe radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Red Willow
- When
- May 22, 6:19 PM CST to 6:34 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County, 3.72 mi SSW of Lebanon to 5.11 mi N of Lebanon
- Rating
- EF1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.002, -100.312
This tornado moved into Red Willow county from Decatur county, Kansas. A garage lost a roof and 2 walls approximately 3.5 miles north of Lebanon. A stock trailer was pushed 6 feet and 4 oil tanks were blown over, one being tossed 1/4 mile. About 25 utility poles were either broken or damaged in this 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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 22, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 22 to 23, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 22 to 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 22, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in California, May 22, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, May 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 22, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 22 to 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 22, 2008
- Flash Flooding in California, May 22, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, May 22, 2008
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 2008Warnings in Nebraska, May 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: 103288, 103298.