Softball Size Hail Highlights A Stormy Evening Across Southwest Nebraska
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHED SOUTHEAST INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 437 WAS ISSUED AT 254 PM CDT. THE FIRST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 227 PM CDT...WITH A
TOTAL OF 21 WARNINGS THROUGH 741 PM CDT.
STORM REPORTS IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS. THE LARGEST
HAIL REPORTED WAS SOFTBALL SIZE AT 640 PM CDT...4 MILES WEST OF
CHAMPION...IN CHASE COUNTY. THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY SUMMARY
OF ALL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS RECEIVED THROUGH 9 PM CDT.
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS INCLUDED...
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ...COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0242 PM HAIL 4 NNW ELSMERE 42.21N 100.21W
06/05/2006 E0.88 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
HAILED FOR 10 MINUTES...FROM AROUND 242PM UNTIL 252PM.
0415 PM HAIL 4 E ARTHUR 41.57N 101.61W
06/05/2006 E1.00 INCH ARTHUR NE PUBLIC
0515 PM HAIL 3 W STAPLETON 41.48N 100.57W
06/05/2006 E1.00 INCH LOGAN NE PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZED HAIL LASTING ABOUT 5 MINUTES
0530 PM HAIL 5 SE STAPLETON 41.43N 100.44W
06/05/2006 E0.75 INCH LOGAN NE PUBLIC
0545 PM HAIL 16 WSW ARNOLD 41.33N 100.48W
06/05/2006 E0.88 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL LASTING ABOUT 10 MINUTES
0555 PM HAIL 10 WSW ARNOLD 41.37N 100.37W
06/05/2006 E1.00 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED LASTING 5 TO 10
MINUTES
0615 PM HAIL 12 WSW CALLAWAY 41.22N 100.13W
06/05/2006 E0.75 INCH CUSTER NE PUBLIC
0617 PM HAIL NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
06/05/2006 E1.00 INCH LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
0640 PM HAIL 4 W CHAMPION 40.47N 101.79W
06/05/2006 E4.25 INCH CHASE NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
0705 PM HAIL CURTIS 40.63N 100.51W
06/05/2006 E0.88 INCH FRONTIER NE PUBLIC
PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED.
0720 PM HAIL 14 NE WELLFLEET 40.90N 100.54W
06/05/2006 E0.75 INCH LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
0735 PM HAIL 7 SE HAYES CENTER 40.44N 100.93W
06/05/2006 E1.00 INCH HAYES NE PUBLIC
PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL LASTING 5 TO 10 MINUTES. DEAD
TREE 2 FOOT IN DIAMETER REPORTED BLOWN DOWN.
0735 PM HAIL 7 SE HAYES CENTER 40.44N 100.93W
06/05/2006 E1.00 INCH HAYES NE PUBLIC
PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL LASTING 5 TO 10 MINUTES. DEAD
TREE 2 FOOT IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN.
0735 PM HAIL 7 SE HAYES CENTER 40.44N 100.93W
06/05/2006 E1.00 INCH HAYES NE PUBLIC
PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AS WELL AS A DEAD TREE
2 FOOT IN DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN.
0740 PM HAIL 5 W STOCKVILLE 40.53N 100.48W
06/05/2006 E1.75 INCH FRONTIER NE PUBLIC
PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED.
0755 PM HAIL 11 SSW STOCKVILLE 40.39N 100.46W
06/05/2006 E0.75 INCH FRONTIER NE PUBLIC
0800 PM HAIL 15 S CURTIS 40.42N 100.51W
06/05/2006 E0.88 INCH FRONTIER NE PUBLIC
PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED LASTING ABOUT 10
MINUTES.
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