Hail, Cherry
- When
- June 6, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County, 6.16 mi NW of Crookston
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.990, -100.840
Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2011
An isolated thunderstorm developed in central Cherry county and tracked through northeast Cherry county during the late afternoon hours. Large hail and strong winds gusts were reported.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 LBF wrote it up.
An isolated thunderstorm developed in central Cherry county and tracked through northeast Cherry county during the late afternoon hours. Large hail and strong winds gusts were reported.
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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 2:36 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:36 PM CST, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 336 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE ACROSS ID/UT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND DEEPEN ACROSS NCNTL WY PULLING A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH NEBRASKA DURING THE DAY COOLING TEMPS INTO THE 80S. THE LATEST GUIDANCE ON WIND SPEEDS SUGGEST NORTHWEST NEBRASKA MIGHT REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH WEST WINDS NEAR 30 MPH DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. SOME OF THE BETTER FORCING FOR WINDS MOVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...NOT PRIME TIME FOR STRONG WINDS...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON A WIND HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS CYCLE. OTHERWISE ISOLATED VERY HIGH BASED CONVECTION IS TRYING TO FIRE ACROSS THE ERN PANHANDLE IN RESPONSE TO WEAK FORCING AND LIMITED MIDLEVEL MOISTURE. ISOLATED TSTMS ARE OPERATING IN THE FCST THROUGH 03Z THIS EVENING. THE MOTHER OF ALL BACK DOOR COLD FRONTS WILL MOVE IN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE LATEST GUIDANCE WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNIVERSALLY FORECAST HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S... NEAR RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. FOR NOW THE FCST IS FOR 60S AND 70S WEDNESDAY AND 60S TO NEAR 70 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LATER FORECASTS MAY WELL HAVE TO MARK THESE DOWN. TEMPS AT H850 MB ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE HIGH SINGLE DIGITS. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL LIFT THROUGH THE CNTL ROCKIES AND THROUGH THE CNTL PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE BEST MIGHT BE THURSDAY NIGHT AS A SEMI CLOSED H7 LOW LIFTS THROUGH NEBRASKA. THE ECMWF SUGGESTED ANOTHER WAVE LIFTING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SCATTERED AS THE BEST FORCING APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND QPF TOTALS THROUGH DAY 7 SHOULD BE LESS THAN 1.25 INCHES WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH MOST AREAS. K INDICES WILL RUN IN THE 30 TO 35C RANGE. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL APPEARS VERY LIMITED. SPC SUGGESTED THE PANHANDLE DAY 3...WEDNESDAY EVENING. DEW PTS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S TO NEAR 50 SO NOT EXPECTING A MULTICELL SEVERE STORM EVENT. JUST A FEW STORMS. OTHERWISE THE FCST WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WARM AIR ADVECTION RETURNS NEXT WEEKEND. LAPSE RATES ARE JUST NOT STEEPENING UNTIL THEN. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD FOR BOTH TERMINALS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO BUILD EAST AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EJECTS FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA UP TO EASTERN MONTANA. WEAK ASCENT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO SPARK A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING. MODELS HINT AT CONVECTION OVER THE FAR EASTERN PANHANDLE FROM 00Z TO 06Z TONIGHT. HOWEVER A STRONG CAP WITH SUBSTANTIAL DRY AIR ALREADY IN PLACE WILL LIMIT DEVELOPMENT TO ISOLATED AT BEST...WHICH SHOULD NOT AFFECT EITHER TERMINALS. THE ONLY OTHER AVIATION CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND SHEAR AFTER 06Z TONIGHT. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST...SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE. THE GREATEST THREAT OF WS SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF BOTH THE LBF AND VTN TERMINAL...BUT STILL NEEDS TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. OTHERWISE A WEAK WIND SHIFT SHOULD OCCUR BEFORE DAWN AS A BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH CROSSES THE REGION...WINDS SHOULD VEER TO WESTERLY AT 12KTS OR LESS. && .HYDROLOGY... HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AND ON THE PLATTE RIVER IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE STAGE AT NORTH PLATTE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN STEADY NEAR 7.6 FEET THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. FURTHER RISES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE COMING WEEKS AS SNOW MELT HAS JUST BEGUN OVER THE SOURCE REGION OF THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && CDC/SJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 2:08 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 308 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-072015- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 308 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 /208 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS...PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. WITH LIMITED MOISTURE IN PLACE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. GENERAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER UPSTREAM OF NORTH PLATTE...AND ALONG THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE PLATTE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF NORTH PLATTE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. RISES ABOVE CURRENT RIVER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IF ADDITIONAL WATER IS RELEASED FROM RESERVOIRS ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE JACOBS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:08 PM CST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 NEZ005-062200- EASTERN CHERRY NE- 408 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CHERRY COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROOKSTON...OR 15 MILES WEST OF VALENTINE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CROOKSTON... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. CDC
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cherry
- When
- June 6, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County, 17.2 mi SSW of Cody
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -101.380
Hail, Cherry
- When
- June 6, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County, 8.69 mi SW of Cody
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.840, -101.370
Hail, Cherry
- When
- June 6, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County, 5.24 mi NNW of Valentine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.940, -100.590
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 299525, 299526, 299527, 299528.