A cold front moved into southeast Nebraska and stalled during the early morning hours of June 6th. Thunderstorms developed along the front in central and western Nebraska during the evening of the 5th and moved into eastern Nebraska early on the 6th.
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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 OAX wrote it up.
A cold front moved into southeast Nebraska and stalled during the early morning hours of June 6th. Thunderstorms developed along the front in central and western Nebraska during the evening of the 5th and moved into eastern Nebraska early on the 6th. The storms produced large hail and a few produced strong winds. One storm that tracked across Saline county produced a prolonged period of hail that was up to half dollar-size which caused significant crop damage, estimated by emergency management to be over a million dollars. The worst damage from that particular storm was along a 5 mile swath that stretched from Filmore county, across Saline county and then into extreme northern Gage county with an estimated 70,000 acres affected. Although the corn crop had the most visible damage, the soybean and winter wheat crop suffered significant damage.
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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 2:17 PM CST, 10 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 317 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2009 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE WEEKEND WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE AREA...WITH A LARGE-SCALE PATTERN CHANGE DEVELOPING. SUBJECTIVE 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES UPPER TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE WRN US...WITH LINGERING WEAK UPPER TROUGH IN PLACE OVER THE SERN STATES...AS WELL AS AN UPPER LOW CENTERED IN NRN ONT. MOISTURE WAS SLOWLY RETURNING AT 850MB...WITH A NARROW MOISTURE AXIS /MAINLY AROUND 8C DEWPOINTS/ FROM TX INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. 850MB FRONT WAS ANALYZED FROM LOW CENTER IN N CTRL ONT THROUGH NERN SD AND WWD TOWARD THE SECOND LOW CENTER AROUND SRN ID/NRN UT. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THIS WEEKEND AS SFC BDRY SAGS INTO THE CWA AND STALLS. FOR TONIGHT...CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS IN WRN NEB WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA AFTER DARK...BUT DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CWA THIS EVNG AS INSTABILITY REMAINS WELL S/W OF THE AREA. TONIGHT... WARM/MOIST AIR ADVECTION INTO THE CWA WILL INCREASE WITH THE LOW-LEVEL JET...PROVIDING BETTER SUPPORT FOR SHRA/TSRA TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. MAY SEE A FEW EMBEDDED STORMS...BUT NOT QUITE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT SVR INTO THE CWA. AFTER CONVECTION CLEARS IN THE MRNG...MUCH WILL DEPEND ON RECOVERY IN THE AREA AND PLACEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY. BEST POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION WILL BE NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF THAT BOUNDARY...AS THE WARM SECTOR WILL LIKELY REMAIN CAPPED UNTIL LOW-LEVEL JET KICKS IN AFTER DARK. WILL NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF THE CAP EVEN ALONG THE BDRY...BUT MOST SREF MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE GFS DO BREAK OUT CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT BY 00Z SUN. WITH AMPLE SHEAR...SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM TO GENERATE ORGANIZED CONVECTION /SUPERCELLS/ ONCE STORMS INITIATE...WITH HAIL THREAT AS WELL AS DAMAGING WIND THREAT. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE PROFILE IS NOT GREAT...BUT WITH FAIRLY STRONG 0-1KM SHEAR/HELICITY NEAR THE FRONT...WILL NEED TO MONITOR TOR POTENTIAL FOR STORMS NEAR THE BDRY AS WELL. CONVECTION SHOULD ORGANIZE UPSCALE SAT EVNG AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET AGAIN INCREASES. MAY SEE SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY/PERSISTENT RAIN AS THE 850MB JET VEERS TO AN ORIENTATION NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE BDRY. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH DIURNALLY SUN MRNG...WITH SOMETHING OF A LULL LIKELY ON SUNDAY DURING THE DAY. ONCE AGAIN...INSTABILITY WILL BUILD IN THE WARM SECTOR...WITH THE SFC LOW ON SUNDAY EJECTING OUT FROM SWRN KS TO SERN NEB TO CTRL IA FROM SUN EVNG TO MON MRNG. AGAIN EXPECT TO SEE CONVECTION SUN ANYTIME FROM LATE AFTN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH THE BOUNDARY SAGGING SLOWLY SWD...EXPECT THREAT AREA TO SHIFT SOUTH AS WELL...WITH SIMILAR RISKS FOR AT LEAST HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MOISTURE INCREASES ON SUN WITH AMPLE 0-1KM SHEAR IN PLACE...SO AGAIN...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TOR. SYSTEM FINALLY PROGRESSES EAST OUT OF THE AREA MON...SHIFTING THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION SE OF THE CWA. BEHIND THE FRONT...COOLER AIR IS PROGGED TO SPILL OUT OF THE DAKOTAS INTO THE PLAINS..WITH 850MB TEMPS AS LOW AS 2-6C IN NERN NEB AT 00Z TUES. HAVE KNOCKED BACK TEMPS ON MON QUITE A BIT...WITH SOME RECOVERY ON TUES. FOR TUES AND BEYOND...MODELS ARE QUITE INCONSISTENT WITH SIGNALS FOR PRECIP. THE GENERAL PATTERN HAS DECENT AGREEMENT...WITH AN UPPER TROUGH IN THE SWRN US AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SERN US TROUGH...AS WELL AS A NRN STREAM UPPER LOW WORKING SLOWLY ACROSS THE US-CANADA BORDER. HOWEVER...THE IMPACT OF THESE FEATURES ON SENSIBLE WEATHER DOES NOT HAVE GOOD AGREEMENT. HAVE KEPT TEMPS PRETTY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. DID NOT WANT TO CHASE MODEL SOLUTIONS THOUGH...SO KEPT SCHC POPS IN THE SWRN CWA ON WED BUT OTHERWISE KEPT THE EXTENDED DRY FOR NOW. DO NOT THINK THE ENTIRE PERIOD WILL ACTUALLY BE DRY...BUT ALSO DO NOT THINK THE PATTERN WARRANTS CONTINUOUS POPS FOR 4 DAYS EITHER. THE SFC BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO REMAIN WELL S OF THE CWA AFTER WED...WITH MID-LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS THE MO VALLEY TOWARD THE MS VALLEY...WHICH IS NOT AS CONDUCIVE TO PERIODS OF RAIN. NONETHELESS...FORECAST CONFIDENCE TUES THROUGH FRI IS LOW. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK FORECAST VALID THROUGH 06/186Z. STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA IN COMBINATION WITH SFC LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR UPCOMING WEATHER DURING THIS TAF CYCLE. VFR CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY FORECAST FOR KOFK...KOMA...AND KLNK THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD. THE EXCEPTION BEING POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO LOWERED VISIBILITIES AT KOFK AND KOMA IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL -TSRA FROM 06/03-09Z FOR KOFK AND FROM 06/06-09Z FOR KOMA. -TSRA/-SHRA WILL LIKELY BE COMMON ACROSS KOFK AND KOMA FROM 06/03Z TO 06/12Z WHILE KLNK MAY SEE SHRA FROM 06/07-12Z. OTHERWISE...FAIRLY STRONG SFC WINDS AT KOMA AND KLNK AROUND 06/12Z WITH GUSTS TO APPROX. 25 TO 30 MPH. KOFK CEILINGS WILL LIKELY DROP TO MVFR CONDITIONS BY 06/12Z. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && MAYES/REESE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2009 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-061500- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY A COMPLEX OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY A MAINLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD ALSO OCCUR NEAR THE FRONT. ON SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...CONTINUING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KURTZ
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:25 UTC.
9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A prolonged period of hail entered Saline county near Tobias and proceeded through Swanton and De Witt where it caused considerable crop damage. The hail covered the ground white and was a large as quarter-size in the Tobias area.
Quarter to half dollar-size hail was widespread from near Swanton to De Witt. This hail storm caused significant crop damage in Saline county, especially across the southern part. Emergency management estimated crop damages to corn, soybeans and winter wheat would run over a million dollars. The damage was most significant along a 5 mile wide swath from around Tobias to Swanton to De Witt where the ground was covered white with hail.
Hail up to nickel size fell for at least 15 minutes in the area.
Hail at least up to quarter-size fell across the northern part of Gage county near the Pickrell area. The hail caused considerable crop damage in northern Gage county and was a continuation of the storm that caused over a million dollars of crop damage in Saline county. In Gage county crop damage alone was estimated at $90,000.
Home weather equipment of a trained weather spotter measured thunderstorm wind gusts at 58 mph.
Quarter-size hail covered the ground.
Quarter to half dollar-size hail was reported in the Cook area.
Golf ball-size hail was reported in Johnson by emergency management.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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