Kansas, 2013

Hail in Kansas, June 22, 2013

June 22, 2013 · NWS GID · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Around 7:30 am CDT on this Saturday, a single thunderstorm developed over Webster County, Nebraska. In the ensuing half hour, additional thunderstorms formed southward into eastern Smith County Kansas, forming a short two-county line segment.

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The toll

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0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
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What happened

The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.

Around 7:30 am CDT on this Saturday, a single thunderstorm developed over Webster County, Nebraska. In the ensuing half hour, additional thunderstorms formed southward into eastern Smith County Kansas, forming a short two-county line segment. The southern-most storm temporarily intensified over northwestern Jewell County, between 8:30 and 8:45 am CDT. At 8:33 am CDT, a cooperative observer in Burr Oak reported pea to dime size hail. However, he did find a single hailstone the size of a quarter.

These storms formed along a cold front that extended from the Canadian maritime provinces, across the Great Lakes and into extreme northern Kansas. A shortwave trough had exited a longwave trough over the western United States, and was affecting the Central Plains. As a result, a strong low-level jet was intersecting the front. Although the storms were probably elevated, surface temperatures were in the middle 70s, with dewpoints in the middle 60s. Mid-level lapse rates were steep, resulting in MUCAPE of 1500 J/kg.

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 4:52 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:52 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
552 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 510 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF
THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA BACK INTO EASTERN COLORADO.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS ENHANCED SOME BY THE LOW LEVEL JET OVERNIGHT...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN A FEW OF THE
STORMS WERE ABLE TO GROW TO NEAR SEVERE CRITERIA. THE PAST FEW
HOURS...STORMS HAVE LOST SOME OF THEIR VERTICAL EXTENT...WITH
WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN IN NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEING THE
RULE. AS OF 5 AM...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES EXCEEDED ONE INCH IN
SPOTS...ALBEIT THE HIGHEST GAGE READING WAS IN FULLERTON WHERE
JUST UNDER ONE INCH OF RAINFALL HAD ACCUMULATED.

FOR TODAY...EXPECT ANOTHER WINDY DAY ACROSS THE REGION AS THE MAIN
SURFACE FRONT WILL BE STALLED OUT TO OUR NORTHWEST AND A TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH WINDS. OPTED TO KEEP
WINDS JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT THAT SAID...WILL BE
ANOTHER NOTICEABLY WINDY DAY WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH AT
TIMES. BY LATE AFTERNOON...EXPECT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
CROSSING THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN ROCKIES TO HELP GIVE A PUSH TO THE
STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTHWEST...SHIFTING IT SOUTH
ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THIS EVENING. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO
BE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO WORK
WITH...WE ARE CURRENTLY HIGHLIGHTED IN A SLIGHT RISK BY SPC FOR
THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. AS A
RESULT...INCREASED PRECIPITATION CHANCES SOME LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS EXPECT AT LEAST SOME SCATTERED
RAIN SHOWERS TO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH SMALLER CHANCES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

WITH THE MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHIFTING SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...EXPECT TO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS LET UP SOME...WITH
LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE FRONT
OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATES TODAY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL
FOR LATE JUNE...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY RUNNING IN THE MID TO UPPER
90S IN MOST LOCATIONS.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 430 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

AT LEAST FOR NOW...THE ONLY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DURING THIS 6-DAY
PERIOD ARE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH AN
ASSOCIATED SEVERE THREAT. BEYOND SUNDAY NIGHT...ITS VERY POSSIBLE
STORM CHANCES WILL NEED CONSIDERED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT AND
MAYBE AGAIN AROUND THE THURS TIME FRAME...BUT GIVEN HOW DIFFICULT
THIS PATTERN HAS BEEN TO NAIL DOWN THE DETAILS...THINK ITS BEST TO
TRY STAYING THE COURSE WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST BEYOND 48 HOURS...AND
THATS THE APPROACH USED HERE. OTHERWISE...AN ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURE REGIME IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THESE SIX DAYS
WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA AVERAGING HIGHS SOMEWHERE IN THE
90S...WITH CURRENT PROJECTIONS OF TUESDAY BEING THE OVERALL HOTTEST
DAY OF THE WEEK...AND FRIDAY THE OVERALL COOLEST...THOUGH STILL
ABOVE NORMAL.

STARTING OFF SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...CERTAINLY CANT ARGUE WITH SPC
BROAD-BRUSHING THE ENTIRE CWA IN A SLIGHT RISK. STARTING WITH THE
BIG PICTURE ALOFT...PERSISTENT...MODEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AS ONE PRIMARY SHORTWAVE TROUGH
LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS/NORTHERN MN INTO CANADA...WHILE
A LARGER UPSTREAM TROUGH IS CENTERED IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
REGION. AT THE SURFACE...THE PRIMARY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT/NEAR-
STATIONARY FRONT IS PROGGED TO BISECT THE CWA IN SOME FASHION FROM
NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY...AS IT IS DRIVEN
SOUTHEASTWARD BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE NORTHERN
PLAINS SHORTWAVE. THE NAM SEEMS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER
MODELS IN DRIVING THIS BOUNDARY AND ITS NORTHEAST WIND REGIME
THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA BY MID-AFTERNOON...BUT GENERAL
MODEL CONSENSUS IS FOR IT TO BE AT LEAST HALFWAY IF NOT 2/3 OF THE
WAY THROUGH THE CWA BY THIS TIME. BACKING UP TO THE MORNING
HOURS...AM RUNNING WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT ANY SATURDAY NIGHT
ACTIVITY IS GONE BY SUNRISE...WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE
VEERING LOW LEVEL JET...BUT SUPPOSE CANNOT RULE OUT SOME POPS
NEEDING ADDED INTO THE FIRST FEW HOURS SUNDAY MORNING IF OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION IS SLOW TO MOVE OUT. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS THEN FAIRLY
HIGH IN A DRY MID-MORNING TO MID-AFTERNOON PERIOD...THE NEXT
QUESTION IS...DO MID-LATE AFTERNOON STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE
SURFACE BOUNDARY OR NOT. THE LATEST NAM/GFS AND 4KM-WRF NMM
QPF/REFLECTIVITY PROGS SUGGEST THAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS AFTERNOON
ACTIVITY WOULD BARELY CLIP THE SOUTHEAST CWA AND FOCUS MORE JUST
TO THE EAST...WHILE THE 4M WRF-NMM ACTUALLY SHOWS NOTHING EVEN
CLOSE TO THE CWA BEFORE 00Z/7PM. ACCOUNTING FOR PLENTY OF
UNCERTAINTY IN NOT ONLY FRONTAL POSITION BUT WHETHER STORMS WILL
DEVELOP AT ALL...WILL ADVERTISE ONLY 20-30 POPS MID-LATE AFTERNOON
ACROSS ROUGHLY THE SOUTHEAST 2/3 OF THE CWA. FOR THE
EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE GENERAL THINKING IS THAT ACTIVITY
THAT DEVELOPS ALONG THE MAIN SURFACE FRONT WILL PERSIST...AND/OR
HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION ACROSS WESTERN NEB/NORTHWEST KS WILL PUSH
EAST INTO THE AREA AS IT RIDES ALONG A MODEST LOW LEVEL JET...OR
SOME COMBINATION OF BOTH. NO MATTER...CONFIDENCE IS ONLY HIGH
ENOUGH TO GO WITH 20-50 POPS AT THIS TIME FOR SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH
THE HIGHEST VALUES GENERALLY FAVORING OUR SOUTH. AS FOR SEVERE
CHANCES....SHOULD STORMS BREAK THROUGH A FAIRLY WEAK CAP AND FORM
ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE NAM
ADVERTISES AROUND 4000 J/KG 0-1 KM MLCAPE IN THE PRESENCE OF
AROUND 30KT OF DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...SO COULD SEE A BROKEN LINE OF
MULTICELLS WITH SOME POSSIBLE EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE
HAIL/WIND MAINLY IN SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR
VECTORS FAIRLY PARALLEL TO THE LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARY WOULD TEND TO
FAVOR A LINEAR/CLUSTER MODE. AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...COULD SEE
MORE OF A WIND THREAT WHEN/IF HIGH PLAINS MCS ACTIVITY ARRIVES
FROM THE WEST. TEMP-WISE SUNDAY...MADE ONLY SOME 1-2 DEGREE
TWEAKS...GOING WITH A MODEL/GUIDANCE BLEND PUTTING MOST NEBRASKA
ZONES WITHIN A FEW DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF 90...AND MAINLY MID-90S
IN KS. ITS WORTH NOTING THAT THE 00Z ECMWF CAME IN A FEW DEGREES
WARMER THAN THIS...BUT WITH THE WEAK COOL FRONT MOVING IN WILL
PLAY A BIT CONSERVATIVE ON THE HEAT. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT LOWS HAVE
MOST ALL AREAS AIMED DOWN BETWEEN 64-68.

TURNING TO MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...IT MIGHT SEEM A BIT UNUSUAL THAT
WE STILL CARRY A STORM-FREE FORECAST GIVEN THAT SPC PULLED THE
TRIGGER ON ANOTHER DAY 3 SLIGHT RISK FOR NEARLY THE ENTIRE
CWA...BUT AS OUTLINED ABOVE THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY
BEYOND THE FIRST FEW DAYS TO MOTIVATE MUCH CHANGE FROM THE
INHERITED DRY FORECAST JUST YET. ALOFT...ITS MUCH THE SAME AS
SUNDAY...WITH BROAD...MODESTLY STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
PERSISTING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AS THE PRIMARY LARGE SCALE
TROUGH REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CONUS. HOWEVER...WITH
WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPS BUILDING INTO THE LOCAL AREA PER THE
NAM/GFS 700MB TEMPS...IT CURRENTLY SEEMS A BIT MORE DOUBTFUL THAT
STORMS WILL GET ESTABLISHED DURING THE DAY...UNLESS SOME SUNDAY
NIGHT ACTIVITY LINGERS INTO THE MORNING...AND EVEN MONDAY
NIGHT...THE NAM/GFS RIDE THE BEST STORM CHANCES AT LEAST SLIGHTLY
NORTH OF THE CWA...MORE SO WITHIN THE LOW LEVEL JET EXIT REGION.
AT THIS POINT...THE 00Z ECMWF SEEMS TO BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE IN
BRINGING STORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN/NORTHERN CWA DURING THE
AFTERNOON/EVENING...AND OF COURSE IF THIS TRANSPIRES...ANOTHER
SEVERE THREAT MIGHT EXIST...BUT MOST OTHER MODELS DON/T SUPPORT
THIS AGGRESSIVE OF A CONVECTIVE THREAT...SO WILL DEFER TO NEXT FEW
SHIFTS TO SEE IF MONDAY/MON NIGHT POPS BECOME MORE WARRANTED.
TEMP-WISE...DEEPENING HIGH PLAINS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND
RESULTANT INCREASING SOUTHERLY BREEZES SHOULD GIVE AT LEAST A
SLIGHT BOOST VERSUS SUNDAY...AND HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA IN
THE LOW-MID 90S. COULD EVEN SEE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FLIRT WITH
30 MPH ADVISORY CRITERIA MAINLY IN KS ZONES...BEARS WATCHING BUT
PROBABLY NOT WORTH A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK MENTION YET.

TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...THIS IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF
THE WEEK...WITH CURRENT FORECAST ADVERTISING A RANGE FROM MID 90S
NORTH TO 100-102 FAR SOUTHWEST...AND ITS WORTH NOTING THE 00Z
ECMWF CAME IN 2-4 DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS SO FURTHER UPWARD
ADJUSTMENTS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE. BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT BUILDING A BROAD SOUTHERN CONUS MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS
NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND THUS SHUNTING THE PRIMARY
SHORTWAVE/NOCTURNAL MCS TRACK A BIT NORTH OF OUR AREA AS WELL.
WITH LIMITED LARGE SCALE FORCING AND SUCH WARM MID LEVEL
TEMPS...SEE NO REASON TO INTRODUCE EVEN SLIGHT POPS INTO THIS
PERIOD...ALTHOUGH SUPPOSE AN ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON STORM JUST
CANNOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT IF MESOSCALE CONVERGENCE CAN OVERCOME.
IT AGAIN LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY BREEZY DAY FROM THE SOUTH...ESPECIALLY
WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST 1/2 OF THE CWA. DEPENDING ON WIND
SPEEDS...MAY HAVE TO MONITOR FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AS
WELL...AS EVEN AT THIS FORECAST RANGE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ARE PROGGED AROUND 20 PERCENT IN FAR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES.

WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE DOMINANT MID/UPPER RIDGE IS
FORECAST TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN AS IT CENTERS OVER THE CO/NM
BORDER AREA...PLACING THE CENTRAL PLAINS UNDER PREDOMINANT
NORTHWESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW FLOWING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE RIDGE.
AGAIN A LACK OF FORCING ARGUES FOR KEEPING THE FORECAST VOID OF
STORMS AT THIS TIME RANGE...BUT WITH HINTS OF A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY
IN THE AREA ITS NOT NECESSARILY A GUARANTEE. HAVE HIGH TEMPS
AIMED ONLY BARELY COOLER THAN TUESDAY...STILL REACHING WELL INTO
THE 93-100 RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA.

THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...PRETTY REMARKABLE AGREEMENT CONTINUES ON
THE SYNOPTIC SCALE WITH BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF FURTHER-AMPLIFYING THE
SOUTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES RIDGE TO DOMINATE THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
CONUS...WHICH ACTUALLY PUTS THE CENTRAL PLAINS UNDER SOMEWHAT
STRONGER AND SHARPER NORTH-NORTHWEST MID LEVEL FLOW VERSUS
WEDNESDAY. WITH HINTS OF A SURFACE FRONT PASSING THROUGH DURING
THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE FIRST EXTENDED
PERIODS TO EVENTUALLY GET ASSIGNED SLIGHT POPS...BUT WILL AWAIT
MORE MODEL RUN CONTINUITY BEFORE GOING THAT ROUTE JUST YET. HAVE A
VERY SUBTLE DOWNWARD TREND IN HIGH TEMPS VERSUS TUES/WED...BUT
STILL HAVE NEARLY ALL AREAS CLIMBING 92-99.

FRIDAY DAYTIME...THE BIG WESTERN CONUS RIDGE PERSISTS...WITH A
RIDGE-TOPPING SHORTWAVE TROUGH RIDING DOWN ACROSS THE
MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES HELPING PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...AND FORCING THE MAIN EAST-WEST SYNOPTIC SURFACE
BOUNDARY WELL SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA. THIS GIVES PLENTY OF
SUPPORT AT THIS TIME RANGE TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY AND BRING HIGH
TEMPS DOWN TO THEIR COMPARATIVELY COOLEST LEVELS OF THE WORK-
WEEK...WITH ONLY NEAR-90 IN NEB ZONES AND MID 90S IN KS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z KGRI TAF THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 550 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

WHILE A VCSH CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR
SO...DECIDED TO OMIT FROM 12Z KGRI TAF AS CONFIDENCE OF
ADDITIONAL SHRA OR TSRA DEVELOPMENT IS LOW AS THE LLJ IS EXPECTED
TO WANE BY 12Z. FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS...EXPECT STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS TO IMPACT THE TERMINAL FROM A FEW HOURS AFTER
SUNRISE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GUSTING TO NEAR 30 KTS
DURING THE AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON...EXPECT INSTABILITY TO
HAVE BUILT ENOUGH FOR SOME TSRAS TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTHWEST...AND FOR THIS BOUNDARY TO
APPROACH THE TERMINAL AROUND 00Z.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...SAR
LONG TERM...PFANNKUCH
AVIATION...SAR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:18 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
618 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
231130-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
618 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 30 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS
TO AROUND 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YORK TO HASTINGS IN
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TO PHILLIPSBURG IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

BY LATE AFTERNOON...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE
VICINITY OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTHWEST...EVENTUALLY
SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH ALONG WITH
SUFFICIENT SHEAR IN THE VICINITY OF AN APPROACHING LOW LEVEL
FRONT...EXPECT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. ALTHOUGH NOT OVERLY LIKELY...AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE VICINITY
OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...AND TO LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
GREELEY TO ALMA IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH STORM CHANCES THEN
EXPANDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE
TIMING AND LOCATION DETAILS STILL REMAIN UNCLEAR...SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL UP
TO AROUND GOLF BALL SIZE...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

ROSSI/PFANNKUCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:11 AM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
811 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 W GENOA               41.45N 97.77W
06/22/2013  M2.16 INCH       NANCE              NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

&&

GUERRERO
Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:14 AM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
814 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 AM     HEAVY RAIN       8 NW GENOA              41.53N 97.84W
06/22/2013  M3.60 INCH       BOONE              NE   PUBLIC

            NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK
            OBSERVER REPORT OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS.

&&

GUERRERO

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:33 UTC.

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jewell

When
June 22, 7:33 AM CST
Where
Jewell County, Burr Oak
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
39.870, -98.300

Most of the hail that fell was pea to dime size, but one stone in particular was the diameter of a quarter.

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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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: 463110.