Hail, Arthur
- When
- May 18, 6:28 PM MST
- Where
- Arthur County, 8.31 mi SW of Arthur
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 41.485, -101.814
Hail in Nebraska, May 18, 2012
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in Arthur County to briefly produce large hail.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 severe thunderstorm developed in Arthur County to briefly produce large hail.
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 May 18, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 330 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 .DISCUSSION... A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS COLO WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY PRODUCING SCATTERED TSTMS...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH AND WEST PARTS OF THE FCST AREA WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE BEST DYNAMICS. SUPER ENSEMBLE FCST QPF SUGGESTS AROUND 1/4 INCH OF RAIN NEAR NORTH PLATE AND CLOSE TO 3/4 OF AN INCH NEAR VALENTINE. FOR THIS EVENING THE THREAT OF HIGH BASED TSTMS CAPABLE OF GUSTY OR PERHAPS ISOLATED DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WILL CONTINUE AS SFC RH IS OPERATING BELOW 40 PERCENT. ONCE THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTH LATER TONIGHT THE WIND THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH. THE ECM CONTINUES TO BE SLOWER WITH COLD FRONT HOLDING IT UP SOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ERN ZONES. THIS WAS INCORPORATED IN THE TEMP FORECAST FOR HIGHS IN THE 70S EAST...BUT UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60 WEST. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHOULD CLEAR THE FCST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN SUNDAY FOR NEARLY CLEAR SKIES AND HIGHS IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70S. THE SFC HIGH WILL MOVE OFF EAST QUICKLY MONDAY WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING AND A STRONG THERMAL RIDGE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND CNTL ROCKIES BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS THERMAL RIDGE SHOULD MIGRATE EAST INTO THE NEB PANHANDLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MIX DOWN TOOLS FROM 700 MB SUGGESTS HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. FOR NOW 80S WILL OPERATE. ALL MODELS EXCEPT THE SLOWER AND VERY WARM GEM THEN SWEEP A COLD FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOWERING TEMPS ABOUT 10 DEGREES. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH KS AND BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SWRN NEB FRIDAY. ALL ALONG A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL DROP INTO THE WRN U.S. AND WINDS ALOFT WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE IN SPEED. SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN TO BELOW 990 MB ACROSS WRN KS SUPPORTING WINDY CONDITIONS...SHARP MOISTURE GRADIENTS AND A STRONG CAP...PERHAPS AS STRONG AS 12C ACROSS SRN NEB. GIVEN THE FAST FLOW ALOFT AND FOCUS OF THE SFC LOW...ISOLATED AND LOW-CHC POPS ARE IN PLACE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 KTS...WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AFTER 06Z SATURDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE KVTN TAF SITE AROUND 06Z SATURDAY...AND INTO THE KLBF TAF SITE AREA AROUND 09Z SATURDAY. A FEW T-STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED AND WILL NOT INCLUDE IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST AT THIS TIME. CONFIDENCE IS ALSO NOT HIGH ON ANY MVFR CEILINGS DUE TO STRATUS BEHIND THE FRONT. HAVE ALSO LEFT THIS OUT FOR NOW...AS CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN VERY DRY LATELY...AND NOT CERTAIN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL MOISTEN ENOUGH FOR STRATUS. && .FIRE WEATHER... A FAIRLY SHARP DRYLINE HAS FORMED NEAR WRAY AND HOLYOKE COLO THIS AFTN WHERE RH IS RUNNING 11 TO 15 PERCENT. THE RUC SHOWS THIS DRYLINE PUSHING EAST INTO SWRN NEB LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SFC LOW MOVES EAST TO NEAR BURLINGTON COLO. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ210. && SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...CDC AVIATION...TAYLOR
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 2:56 PM MST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 456 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-192200- 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- 456 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 /356 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. CRITICAL WILDFIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING DUE TO VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY...AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. THE RISK IS LOW FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH SOME HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SATURDAY AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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 TAYLOR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 2:30 PM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 430 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 NEZ022-056>058-182215- DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-KEITH NE-PERKINS NE- 330 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PERKINS...WESTERN KEITH...SOUTHERN GARDEN AND EASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 324 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOLDENEYE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TO 8 MILES NORTH OF VENANGO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BIG SPRINGS AROUND 335 PM MDT. INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 110 AROUND 340 PM MDT. HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 130 AROUND 350 PM MDT. ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK AND BRULE AROUND 355 PM MDT. EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND AROUND 400 PM MDT. OGALLALA AROUND 405 PM MDT. ROSCOE AND OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND AROUND 410 PM MDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. CDC
Special weather statement, May 18, 2:54 PM MST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 354 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 NEZ022-035-056>058-182300- ARTHUR NE-DEUEL NE-GARDEN NE-KEITH NE-PERKINS NE- 354 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ARTHUR...NORTHWESTERN PERKINS... KEITH...SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN AND EASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 352 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK TO BRANDON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BLUEWATER BATTLEFIELD STATE HISTORICAL PARK AROUND 400 PM MDT. HIGHWAY 26 MILE MARKER 130 AROUND 405 PM MDT. EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND AND BRULE AROUND 415 PM MDT. OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND AROUND 420 PM MDT. INTERSTATE 80 MILE MARKER 120 AROUND 425 PM MDT. LAKE VIEW CAMPGROUND AND OGALLALA AROUND 430 PM MDT. BOURQUIM HILL AND ROSCOE AROUND 435 PM MDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. CDC
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:03 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 603 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 NEZ004-182345- SHERIDAN NE- 503 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 458 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF METCALF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALGREN LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND ANTELOPE ROAD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 250 MILE MARKER 30 AROUND 510 PM MDT. INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND LARABEE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 87 MILE MARKER 70 AROUND 520 PM MDT. HIGHWAY 250 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER AND INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 87 AND CRAVEN CREEK ROAD AROUND 525 PM MDT. HIGHWAY 87 MILE MARKER 60 AND RUSHVILLE AROUND 545 PM MDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. POWER
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:50 PM MST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 650 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 NEZ023-035-057-190130- ARTHUR NE-GRANT NE-KEITH NE- 650 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN ARTHUR...NORTHWESTERN KEITH AND CENTRAL GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 646 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF OTTER CREEK CAMPGROUND...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HAYTHORN LAKE AROUND 700 PM MDT. JENSEN LAKE AROUND 715 PM MDT. HIGHWAY 61 MILE MARKER 140 AROUND 730 PM MDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. POWER
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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: 385522.