Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, October 1, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, October 1, 2014
Start: 2014-10-01T18:30
End: 2014-10-01T22:42
Location: Nebraska

October 1, 2014 · NWS GID · 18 events in 6 counties and zones

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.1 million
Crop damage: $21 million
Events: 18

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 GID wrote it up.

This Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning featured South Central Nebraska's last bout of strong to severe thunderstorms in 2014. Although radar data suggested that isolated severe convection lingered into the early morning hours of the 2nd, all ground-truth severe weather reports occurred on the 1st between 730-1130 pm CDT, in areas west of Highway 14 and south of Highway 92. The highlight of the evening was an elevated supercell that tracked east generally down Highway 6 through Adams and Clay counties between 8-10 pm CDT, yielding numerous reports of hail up to half dollar size in places including Hastings. Along with the hail, this storm produced strong to marginally severe wind including measured gusts of 55 MPH at Hastings airport and 66 MPH at a mesonet site five miles southwest of Harvard. Not surprisingly, this combination of hail and wind damaged siding on area homes. Outside the path of this primary severe storm, there were several other quarter size hail reports during the evening, including near Naponee and Franklin in Franklin County and at Amherst and near Miller in Buffalo County. Due to the fairly progressive nature of most convection, the majority of South Central Nebraska received no more than 0.50-1.00 inch of rain, although small pockets topped out closer to two inches, including 1.88 two miles west of Kenesaw (NeRAIN).

Taking a closer look at convective mode and timing, the first isolated strong to severe storms flared up between 630-800 pm CDT within various central counties including Franklin, Kearney, Adams and Buffalo. As this initial isolated activity drifted east or northeast during the ensuing few hours, by far the most organized storm was the one over Adams/Clay counties, which assumed elevated supercell characteristics. A bit later in the evening mainly between 10 pm-12 am CDT, another isolated strong to severe storm drifted across northeastern Dawson and northern Buffalo counties. However, the main feature of the later evening and post-midnight hours was a north-to-south oriented squall line that first entered far western portions of South Central Nebraska between 11 pm-12 am CDT. Initially, it appeared this convective line might become legitimately severe, but in fact it yielded only a few reports of sub-severe hail and wind as it limped into the Highway 281 corridor counties by 2 am CDT. Just as it appeared any severe threat might be over with for the night, the southern end of the line morphed into a semi-discrete, radar-indicated severe storm that tracked across mainly southern portions of Webster, Nuckolls and Thayer counties between 2-4 am CDT before exiting the local area. However, this storm yielded no verifying ground-truth reports, and in its wake, only scattered showers and a few very weak thunderstorms lingered over South Central Nebraska through the remainder of the night.

On the synoptic scale aloft, this early-autumn severe event focused just downstream from a sharpening mid-upper trough axis aligned from the far western Dakotas to the Four Corners region at midnight. Some of the initial early-evening convection was likely aided by subtle forcing from a weak lead wave out ahead of this parent trough. At the surface during the evening, forcing for convection was also rather nebulous, although a weak trough axis was draped through the general area. Toward midnight and through the early morning hours of the 2nd, a more organized cold front pushed through South Central Nebraska and helped promote the increasing areal coverage of convection. Instability-wise, this was not an overly-favorable setup for severe weather as surface dewpoints only averaged in the mid-50s F and most-unstable CAPE only peaked around 1000 J/kg. However, 0-6 kilometer deep layer wind shear was fairly strong at generally 40-50 knots, helping to enhance storm organization.

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 Oct 1, 5:45 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 5:45 PM CST, 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
645 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 326 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM IS THE SMALL CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND THEN A BETTER CHANCE
OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE...A BROAD TROUGH IS SITUATED OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE U.S. WITH VARIOUS SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS OVER NORTH
CENTRAL UTAH SLIDING EAST INTO COLORADO. ANOTHER WAVE OVER WESTERN
CANADA WAS DROPPING SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD PHASE SOMEWHAT WITH THE
SOUTHERN WAVE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT THE SURFACE...LOW
PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER CENTRAL MANITOBA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS
CONNECTED BY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WAS LYING JUST EAST OF OUR
CWA. THE BETTER SURFACE MOISTURE WAS POOLING ALONG THE BOUNDARY
WITH MID 60 DEW POINTS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA COMPARED TO LOWER 40S
IN THE PANHANDLE. THE DEWPOINT DIFFERENCE ACROSS OUR CWA AT 19Z
WAS ABOUT 10 DEG F FROM EAST TO WEST.

FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO
BE SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA...AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHERE
CAPES ARE ALREADY IMPRESSIVE AND CIN IS NIL. JUST DONT SEE A LOT
OF INGREDIENTS TO KICK OFF STORMS IN OUR CWA WITH MID LEVEL
FORCING STILL WELL UPSTREAM AND SURFACE BOUNDARY WELL EAST. THE
PROBLEM IS THAT SEVERAL MESO-SCALE MODELS INCLUDING THE HRRR
DEVELOP CONVECTION OVER THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON DURING MAX
HEATING. THIS TREND NOT EVIDENT IN ALL MESO-SCALE MODELS HOWEVER
AS THE VARIOUS RUNS OF THE HOP-WRF ENSEMBLE KEEPING IT DRY OVER US
UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH RADAR AND SATELLITE
TRENDS AND WILL MOST LIKELY STICK WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR LATE
AFTERNOON/EVENING. IF ANYTHING DOES POP...IT COULD APPROACH SEVERE
LIMITS ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH.

CHANCES FOR RAIN THEN INCREASE QUITE A BIT OVERNIGHT AS SHARP MID
LEVEL TROUGH NOTED ABOVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FORCING LOOKS
GOOD WITH THIS SYSTEM AS SEEN IN THE TIME/HEIGHT SECTIONS IN BOTH
THE NAM AND GFS MODELS. THE TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS OF RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...WIND...AND OMEGA SHOW THE BEST FORCING OVER THE CWA
BETWEEN 07Z AND 15Z WITH OMEGA VALUES BETWEEN 5-8 UBARS/SEC AND
PLENTY OF MOISTURE. AN ISENTROPIC PLAN VIEW PLOT DOES SHOW SOME
WARM ADVECTION OVERNIGHT BUT BELIEVE THE BIGGER CONTRIBUTOR TO
THE OMEGA IS COMING FROM THE DPVA ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHARP MID
LEVEL TROUGH. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE MODERATE RAIN AGAIN TONIGHT
AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CLIMB TO OVER AN INCH. INSTABILITY IS
THERE BUT NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE SO WE COULD GET THUNDER BUT STORMS
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE WAVE WILL TAKE A WHILE TO
CLEAR THE CWA ON THURSDAY AND KEPT POPS FAIRLY HIGH IN THE MORNING
BEFORE DRYING IT OUT WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 326 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM
PERIOD...WITH W/NWRLY FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS STARTING TO BUILD
IN BEHIND A PASSING MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SLIDING EAST
TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER AREA. THE SFC PATTERN DURING THE
THURSDAY EVENING HOURS IN ON THE WEAKER SIDE...SITTING IN BETWEEN
AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED TO THE EAST AND NW OF THE CWA. NOT
EXPECTING ANY PRECIPITATION RIGHT AWAY...BUT ONE OF THE CHANGES
MADE TO THE FORECAST WAS TO INSERT A SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION OF
SHOWERS...AFFECTING THE AREA NEAR/AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. WHAT WAS HINTED AT YESTERDAY BY A FEW MODELS HAS
GAINED TRACTION...WITH MORE SUPPORT SHOWING THIS PRECIP
POTENTIAL...DRIVEN BY THE EXIT REGION OF A STRONG 140-ISH KT UPPER
LEVEL JET STREAK...MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH ON THE BACKSIDE OF
ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH ND TOWARD MN. ANY PRECIP THAT
DEVELOPS AT THIS POINT LOOKS TO SLIDE EAST OF THE CWA NEAR
SUNRISE...SO KEPT THE DAYTIME HOURS ON FRIDAY DRY.

ACCOMPANYING THAT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE A REINFORCING
SFC COLD FRONT...BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF COOLER AIR AND GUSTY
NW WINDS. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING SKY COVER DIMINISHING
AND DEWPOINTS FALLING WELL INTO THE 20S /ANOTHER DROP FROM THE ONE
MADE YESTERDAY/. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MIXING POTENTIAL UP NEAR
750MB...TAPPING INTO STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...RESULTING IN SPEEDS
PICKING UP INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE COOLER AIR MASS ALONG WITH THE
GUSTY NW WINDS WILL NOT MAKE FRIDAY THE MOST PLEASANT OF
DAYS...WITH HIGHS TRENDED DOWN A TOUCH MORE...RANGING FROM THE MID
50S IN THE NORTH TO NEAR 60 IN NC KS.

AS WE GET INTO THE FRI NIGHT/SAT MORNING HOURS...WINDS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH /BUT NOT LOOKING TO GO COMPLETELY CALM AT THIS POINT/
AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND LOOKS
TO CENTER ITSELF OVER THE SRN PLAINS BY SUNRISE SAT. WITH THE
TAPERING WINDS...EXPECTED MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND COOLER AIR
MASS...TEMPS WILL PLUMMET. ONLY MADE MINOR TWEAKS TO THE FORECAST
LOWS...WHICH STILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MID 30S. LOOKS TO BE
THE FIRST CHANCE AT MORE WIDESPREAD AT LEAST FROST...WITH THE NRN
HALF OF THE CWA WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF HITTING THE FREEZING MARK.

LOOKING TO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE NEXT
WORK WEEK...OVERALL FEW CHANGES WERE NEEDED. BY 12Z
SATURDAY...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING WELL AMPLIFIED UPPER
LEVEL NWRLY FLOW IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS...WITH THE MAIN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION...AND RIDGING
EXTENDING ALONG THE WEST COAST. OVERALL THERE DOESNT LOOK TO BE
ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THAT PATTERN...WITH PRECIP CHANCES
REMAINING PRIMARILY N/NE OF THE CWA...THOUGH IT WOULDNT TAKE MUCH
OF A SOUTHWARD PUSH TO HAVE THE CWA BE AFFECTED BY SOME SMALL
CHANCES /SUNDAY NIGHT?/. WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH OVER THE
COMING DAYS. THE COOLER AIRMASS IN PLACE LATE THIS WEEK STARTS
MAKING A BETTER PUSH EAST DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND
INTO NEXT WEEK...SO EXPECTING A REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES. CURRENTLY
HAVE LOW 60S TO NEAR 70 GOING FOR TEMPS SAT...WITH HIGHS CLIMBING
BACK INTO THE MID 70S TO NEAR 80 BY TUE/WED.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 636 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BOTH TERMINALS OVERNIGHT
AS A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES OVER COLORADO APPROACHES THE
LOCAL AREA. WHILE THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED SHRA
OR TSRA AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...THE BETTER CHANCE WILL COME AFTER MIDNIGHT AS FORCING
FROM THE APPROACHING DISTURBANCE PROVIDES LIFT FOR MORE WIDESPREAD
SHRA AND TSRA ACTIVITY. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO
DEVELOP AFT 02/06-02/08Z...WITH POTENTIALLY LOWER CIGS AND VSBYS
IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME...BROAD BRUSHED
THE FORECAST WITH LOWER CEILINGS AND VSBYS THROUGH ABOUT
02/16Z...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING THEREAFTER. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST...AND BECOME MORE
NORTHWESTERLY AND GUSTY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...EWALD
LONG TERM...ADP
AVIATION...ROSSI

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 2:37 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
337 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
021200-
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-
337 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING WITH THE BEST CHANCES TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT AS
STORMS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...BUT HAIL BETWEEN THE SIZE OF DIMES AND NICKELS
COULD BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. STAY UP TO DATE TO THE
LATEST FORECAST REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST DEVELOPMENT AND
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

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The radar

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Event by event

17 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kearney

When: October 1, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Kearney County, 2.03 mi WSW of Lowell
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.643, -98.868

Nickel size hail was reported at El Charman housing development.

Hail, Franklin

When: October 1, 6:32 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, 1.5 mi SW of Naponee
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 40.065, -99.170

This report is from NERAIN network.

Hail, Buffalo

When: October 1, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Buffalo County, 0.69 mi N of Amherst
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 40.840, -99.270

Hail, Franklin

When: October 1, 6:56 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, 1.06 mi W of Franklin
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.100, -98.970

Hail, Adams

When: October 1, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 3.63 mi S of (Hsi)hastings Arpt
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.548, -98.441

At Southern Hills Golf Course, 1.25 inch diameter hail occurred.

Hail, Adams

When: October 1, 7:30 PM CST to 7:33 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 2.14 mi SSE of (Hsi)hastings Arpt to 3.49 mi S of (Hsi)hastings Arpt
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.570, -98.420

Quarter size hail was reported at 830 pm CDT about 2 miles southwest of Hastings, which was reported by a trained spotter. Quarter size hail was also reported at 833 pm CDT about 4 miles southwest of Hastings, which was reported by the public.

Hail, Adams

When: October 1, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 1.34 mi SW of Juniata
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.568, -98.540

Copious amounts of hail were covering Highway 6, with some hail up to the size of quarters.

Hail, Adams

When: October 1, 7:49 PM CST to 7:54 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 0.5 mi S of (Hsi)hastings Arpt to 0.97 mi NE of Hastings
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 40.593, -98.430

Several NWS employees in Hastings reported penny to nickel size hail during this time.

Hail, Adams

When: October 1, 7:49 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 0.87 mi NW of Hastings
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 40.590, -98.390

One inch diameter hail was occurring, with damage to siding occurring. Wind gusts of 55 mph were measured a bit earlier at 848 pm CDT at the Hastings Airport, which likely contributed to the damage to siding. This report was received from Facebook.

Hail, Adams

When: October 1, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 1.72 mi ENE of Hastings
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 40.590, -98.350

This report was received from Facebook.

Hail, Adams

When: October 1, 7:56 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 1.66 mi NE of Hastings
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 40.593, -98.354

The one inch diameter hail occurred along with thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 mph.

Hail, Clay

When: October 1, 8:13 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 1.72 mi WSW of Inland
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.590, -98.250

Hail, Clay

When: October 1, 8:14 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 0.87 mi SW of Inland
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.590, -98.230

This report was relayed by the Clay County Emergency Manager.

Hail, Clay

When: October 1, 8:21 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 2.76 mi S of Harvard
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.580, -98.100

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: October 1, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 3.77 mi ESE of Inland
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 40.570, -98.160

Hail, Clay

When: October 1, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 0.87 mi SE of Harvard
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.610, -98.090

Hail, Buffalo

When: October 1, 10:20 PM CST
Where: Buffalo County, 2.14 mi NNW of Miller
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.960, -99.390

Hail, Dawson

When: October 1, 10:42 PM CST
Where: Dawson County, 0.11 mi SSW of Willow Is
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.879, -100.071

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 545881, 543720, 542111, 542112, 542113, 542115, 542122, 542123, 543715, 543717, 542125, 542126, 542128, 542127, 543703, 543665, 543671, 543672.