Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 2014

Name: Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 2014
Start: 2014-06-03T16:00
End: 2014-06-03T17:06
Location: Nebraska

June 3, 2014 · NWS CYS · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

Thunderstorms produced very large hail in Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 CYS wrote it up.

Thunderstorms produced very large hail in Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties.

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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 2:59 PM MST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:59 PM MST, 1 hour 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
359 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

CONVECTION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING OVR THE PAST FEW HOURS OR
SO...WITH THE BEST RADAR COVERAGE SO FAR OVR CARBON/ALBANY
COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY IS VERY HIGH-BASED AND HAS PRODUCED LITTLE
OR NO RAINFALL AS SFC DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE UPPER 20S. THE
INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS UNDOUBTEDLY ARE PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO
AROUND 50 MPH. 19Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THE WELL-DEFINED
DRYLINE HAD REACHED KIMBALL AND EXTENDED NORTHWEST TOWARDS
DOUGLAS. CONVECTION THUS FAR HAS MOSTLY DEVELOPED ON THE DRY-SIDE
OF THIS DRYLINE. ALTHOUGH DID HAVE AN UPDRAFT GO UP EAST OF THE
THE DRYLINE...WHICH WAS UNABLE TO BE SUSTAINED. WV IMAGERY SHOWS A
DRY PUNCH ASSOCIATED WITH A H3 JET STREAK NOSING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO NEBRASKA AS WELL AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY TRACKING
ACROSS WYOMING. THE AIR MASS EAST OF THE DRY LINE WILL CONDUCIVE
TO CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. AT 19Z...OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS TONGUE OF 2000 J/KG
MLCAPE EXTENDING BACK TO NR THE WY/NE STATELINE. THERE CONTINUED
TO BE HOWEVER SOME WEAK MLCIN OF AROUND 20 J/KG IN THIS AREA
TOO...LIKELY DELAYING SOME THE ONSET OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
0-6KM SHEAR VALUES OF 60+ KNOTS WILL AID ORGANIZATION. LATEST HRRR
OUTPUT SUGGESTS THIS WILL BE A RELATIVELY QUICK SHOW WITH STORMS
PUSHING EAST OF THE CWFA BY AROUND 6 PM...WITH SUBSIDENCE ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE SHORTWAVE. LATEST HRRR SHOWS SOME PATCHY FOG
FORMATION OVR THE PANHANDLE AS WELL LATER TONIGHT...SO HAVE ADDED
IT INTO THE FORECAST.

FLOW BACKS QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND WITH THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER SHORTWAVE...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE SEVERE MAINLY OVR THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WITH PROGD SBCAPES FLARING TO 1000-1500
J/KG. 0-6 KM WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TODAY...PROGD TO BE AROUND
50 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GET
SEVERE CONVECTION GOING. STORMS SHOULD CONGEAL INTO A MULTI-CELL
CLUSTER BY LATER AFTERNOON AND SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTH EAST TOWARDS THE
SRN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. MODELS SUGGEST CONVECTION MAY LINGER INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THIS AREA AS WELL.

ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS YET ANOTHER SHORTWAVE
TRAVERSES THE AREA IN THE PROGRESS PATTERN. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...
HIGHS WILL GENERALLY REACH THE 70S THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH PERHAPS
A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 357 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

NO BIG CHANGES THIS PACKAGE FROM WHAT WE INHERITED ON THE MORNING
EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST. 12Z GFS AND NEW 12Z ECMWF MODELS ARE
FAIRLY CLOSE ADVERTISING A MESSY UPPER PATTERN WITH A LOW
AMPLITUDE MID/UPPER TROUGH SITUATED JUST TO OUR WEST THROUGH
SATURDAY...THEN THEY SHIFT THE TROUGH TO OUR EAST GOING INTO
SUNDAY. THE GFS STILL WANTS TO BRING A COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS OUR
AREA...BUT HAS NOW BACKED OFF ON BRINGING IT THROUGH UNTIL LATE
SATURDAY AS A PIECE OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES TO OUR EAST. THE
ECMWF NOW HAS A STRONGER SIGNAL IN DEPICTING A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH AND SOUTH OF OUR AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER TEMPS
EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AS OUR HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
WILL LIKELY GET KNOCKED BACK INTO THE 60S UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WHILE WE CONTINUE TO CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING
STORMS THROUGH LATE WEEK...HIGHER CHANCE POPS ARE STILL EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A GENERAL NORTHWESTERLY
UPPER FLOW PATTERN IS ADVERTISED ACROSS WYOMING AND NEBRASKA
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...SO LOW END POPS WERE LEFT IN THE FORECAST
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1212 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

EXPECTING SCATTERED STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TODAY. MORNING LOW CLOUDS HAVE DELAYED
THE INITIATION OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...BUT STILL THINK WE WILL
SEE STORMS POPPING UP OVER THERE AFTER 20Z...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
ZONE OF GREATER DIFFERENTIAL HEATING FROM JUST WEST OF CHADRON
DOWN TO ALLIANCE. GIVEN SOME UNCERTAINTY ON WHERE THE GREATER
COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
PANHANDLE...MENTIONED VCNTY TSRA ACROSS THE PANHANDLE SITES.
OTHERWISE...700 MB OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MOST SITES SHOULD BE
SEEING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-25 KTS THIS AFTERNOON...DECOUPLING
AND WEAKENING TONIGHT AFTER 03Z. MODELS ARE SUGGESTING RADIATION
FOG EARLY TOMORROW ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLE WITH VFR
PREVAILING TO THE WEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING. DROPPED ALLIANCE
AND CHADRON DOWN TO LIFR VISIBILITIES WITH SIDNEY AND SCOTTSBLUFF
DOWN TO MVFR AFTER 09Z.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 357 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH
OF A DOUGLAS TO SCOTTSBLUFF LINE. FEWER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY DUE TO LESS ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. AN INCREASE IN
MOISTURE IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AND WILL PRODUCE A CORRESPONDING
INCREASE IN LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
WILL SEE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH A COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 137 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE UPPER NORTH PLATTE AND
LARAMIE RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER STAGES HAVE CRESTED
AND ARE FORECASTED TO RECEDE. A DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL EXIST FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK
SO NO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EVENTS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE SEASONAL...PRODUCING SOME SNOWMELT EACH DAY.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HAHN
LONG TERM...GARMON
AVIATION...GARMON
FIRE WEATHER...GARMON
HYDROLOGY...RUBIN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 10:07 AM MST, 5 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1107 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

WYZ101-103>107-109>119-041715-
CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY-
NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY-
SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-
CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
1107 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...
SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 80. THESE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING.
DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY AFTERNOON
THIS WEEK...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE
NEBRASKA BORDER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ102-108-041715-
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-
1107 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
BILL TO TORRINGTON TO SIDNEY AFTER 3 PM. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY AFTERNOON
THIS WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY
AFTERNOON NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
9 PM THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BILL TO
TORRINGTON TO SIDNEY.

&&

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:19 PM MST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
419 PM MDT TUE JUN 03 2014

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

0417 PM     HAIL             3 W TORRINGTON          42.07N 104.24W
06/03/2014  E1.50 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DDEAL

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:20 PM MST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
420 PM MDT TUE JUN 03 2014

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

0415 PM     HAIL             3 W TORRINGTON          42.07N 104.24W
06/03/2014  E1.75 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

REMANUEL

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:37 PM MST, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
437 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

WYZ102-032315-
NIOBRARA COUNTY WY-
437 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NIOBRARA COUNTY UNTIL 515
PM MDT...

AT 433 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDBIRD...OR 26 MILES NORTH
OF LUSK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  REDBIRD...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4327 10405 4326 10404 4312 10406 4302 10432
      4316 10448 4344 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 231DEG 36KT 4316 10429

MAZUR

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:45 PM MST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
445 PM MDT TUE JUN 03 2014

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

0415 PM     HAIL             TORRINGTON              42.07N 104.18W
06/03/2014  E2.00 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   PUBLIC

&&

DDEAL

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:53 PM MST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
453 PM MDT TUE JUN 03 2014

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

0415 PM     HAIL             TORRINGTON              42.07N 104.18W
06/03/2014  E1.75 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY REPORTS OF WINDOWS KNOCKED OUT OF HOUSES AND
            WINDSHIELDS OUT OF CARS IN THE TORRINGTON AREA.

&&

HAHN

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:00 PM MST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
500 PM MDT TUE JUN 03 2014

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

0458 PM     HAIL             9 N MINATARE            41.94N 103.50W
06/03/2014  E0.75 INCH       SCOTTS BLUFF       NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DDEAL

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Scotts Bluff

When: June 3, 4:00 PM MST to 4:03 PM MST
Where: Scotts Bluff County, 4 mi ENE of Scottsbluff
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.892, -103.598

Quarter size hail was observed east of Scottsbluff.

Hail, Scotts Bluff

When: June 3, 4:02 PM MST to 4:04 PM MST
Where: Scotts Bluff County, 5 mi NE of Scottsbluff
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.921, -103.601

Tennis ball size hail was observed northeast of Scottsbluff.

Hail, Scotts Bluff

When: June 3, 4:07 PM MST to 4:09 PM MST
Where: Scotts Bluff County, 6 mi NE of Minatare
Measured: 4.25 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.871, -103.418

Grapefruit size hail was observed northeast of Minatare.

Hail, Morrill

When: June 3, 4:15 PM MST to 4:17 PM MST
Where: Morrill County, 5 mi NNW of Bayard
Measured: 4.5 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.827, -103.357

Softball size hail was observed from northeast of Minatare to northwest of Bayard along Highway 26.

Hail, Morrill

When: June 3, 4:45 PM MST to 4:47 PM MST
Where: Morrill County, 6 mi WNW of Broadwater
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.633, -102.957

Baseball size hail was reported west of Broadwater.

Hail, Morrill

When: June 3, 5:04 PM MST to 5:06 PM MST
Where: Morrill County, 12 mi NE of Broadwater
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.723, -102.686

Tennis ball size hail was observed northeast of Broadwater.

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, June 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: 522078, 522083, 522079, 522084, 522085, 522080.