Hail, Rock
- When
- August 5, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 8.62 mi NW of Bassett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.660, -99.650
Hail in Nebraska, August 5, 2014
A stationary front combined with an approaching upper level disturbance, producing isolated strong to severe thunderstorms across north central Nebraska during the early evening hours.
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.
A stationary front combined with an approaching upper level disturbance, producing isolated strong to severe thunderstorms across north central Nebraska during the early evening hours.
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 Aug 5, 2:59 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:59 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 359 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 315 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE PRECIPITATION/STORM CHANCES THIS EVENING...OVERNIGHT AND ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY PASSING OVER NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WILL CONTINUE EAST NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...PASSING OVER THE SANDHILLS THIS EVENING. CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIFT/SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT IS ANTICIPATED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN COLORADO/WYOMING & NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...THEN SPREAD EAST ATOP THE SANDHILLS. ADDITIONALLY...CONVECTION ALLOWING NEAR TERM MODELS ARE SUGGESTING OTHER STORMS ALONG A WEAK DRY LINE/LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE GRADIENT AND NORTH OF A LIFTING BOUNDARY. THESE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF CONVECTION SHOULD IMPACT EASTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS SHOWN TO INCREASE ABOVE 1.50" FOR MOST PLACES...BUT AVAILABLE INSTABILITY IS SPREAD THROUGH A LARGE LAYER OF THE TROPOSPHERE AND SHEAR IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED. THUS THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE A PRODUCT OF THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH BC NUMERICAL GUIDANCE...THIS SUGGEST LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S FOR OUR NORTHWESTERN ZONES...AND LOWER TO MID 60S ELSEWHERE WHERE CLOUD COVER SHOULD PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. TRANSITORY LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE RIDGE TO BUILD ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...LEAVING THE CWA UNDER QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. THE PATTERN WILL FAVOR THE ADDITIONAL PASSAGE OF WEAK DISTURBANCES...WITH THE NEXT SLATED FOR ARRIVAL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AND ALTHOUGH AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHORT TERM MODELS CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF THE QPF IS WEAK...THE MODELS ALL EVENTUALLY ARRIVE AT A SOLUTION WHERE STORMS FORM NORTH OF THE FRONTAL ZONE...IN A ATMOSPHERE CHARACTERIZED WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION. A LIMITING FACTOR FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS THAT DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS WEAK. ALL IN ALL...THE PATTERN APPEARS TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL. OTHERWISE WITH THE BOUNDARY WEST AND SOUTH OF MUCH OF THE CWA...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOMEWHAT ON THE COOL SIDE. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S FOR OUR NORTH...NEARING 90 IN THE SOUTH. THE OTHER STORY IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE THE FOG POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT...BUT THIS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE EXPECTED CONVECTION TODAY. THE CROSS-OVER T FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS IN THE MID 60S...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO ECLIPSE. WITH MOIST EASTERLY FLOW DIRECTING UPSLOPE INTO THE NIOBRARA VALLEY...FOG IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 315 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SEMI STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE STATE WILL BE THE FOCUS DAILY FOR CONVECTION. A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAINFALL APPEARS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN MODELS SHOW CONVECTION POSSIBLY EVOLVING INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. THE FRONT THEN BACKS WEST TO THE FOOTHILLS ON FRIDAY AND BY SUNDAY THE CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY WILL GENERALLY BE AT OR BELOW NORMAL IN THE 80S...THEN TREND UPWARDS BEYOND. OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY IN THE 60S AS THE ABUNDANCE OF BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE HELPS FORM STRATUS OR FOG DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 315 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FOR TERMINALS KLBF AND KVTN THROUGH 21Z. BEYOND 21Z CONVECTION WILL REDEVELOP AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS MOST LIKELY IMPACTING THE KVTN TERMINAL FIRST...THEN FOCUS SHIFTS SOUTH AND WEST TO BRING A FEW STORMS THROUGH THE KLBF TERMINAL THIS EVENING. THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH DEEPENING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AGAIN OVERNIGHT THAT SHOULD DROP CEILINGS AND LOWER VISIBILITIES AT BOTH TERMINALS. HOW LOW TO GO IS THE MAIN QUESTION WITH MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 15Z WEDNESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 315 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WEST HAS INCREASED FLOWS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. AT 3 PM CDT...THE ROSCOE RIVER GAGE READ 5.75 FEET AND EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 6 FEET...WELL BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JACOBS LONG TERM...KECK AVIATION...KECK HYDROLOGY...KECK
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 2:13 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 313 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-062015- 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- 313 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 /213 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS AN ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE PLAINS. ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY...A SEVERE STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NEAR DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL OF WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) JACOBS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:19 PM CST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 419 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NEZ006-008-009-052200- BROWN NE-KEYA PAHA NE-ROCK NE- 419 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ROCK...EASTERN KEYA PAHA AND NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... THOMAS CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA... MARIAVILLE... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 183 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 208. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:57 PM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 457 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NEZ006-008-009-052245- BROWN NE-KEYA PAHA NE-ROCK NE- 457 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ROCK...SOUTHERN KEYA PAHA AND NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES 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... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND SOUTHERN KEYA PAHA COUNTIES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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. JACOBS
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:12 PM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 512 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 NEZ069-070-052300- CHASE NE-HAYES NE- 412 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAYES AND SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT/600 PM CDT/... AT 410 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 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... ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA... ENDERS... WAUNETA... HAMLET... CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND... AREA A CAMPGROUND... CENTER DAM CAMPGROUND... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 30. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. 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. JACOBS
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, August 5, 2014
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 5 to 6, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 5 to 10, 2014
- Flash Flood and Hail in Wyoming, August 5, 2014
- Flash Flood in New York, August 5, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, August 5, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Nevada, August 5, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, August 5, 2014
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 5, 2014
- Drought in Texas, August 5 to 31, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 5, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 5, 2014
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 2014
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: 531003.