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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 20:54:57 EDT
This would seem to say that the hailstone Sunday DID break the record.
NOUS43 KGID 241704
PNSGRI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1200 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
...UPDATE FOR TORNADO OCCURRENCE AND HAILSTONE DATA...
...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTS SURVEYS OF STORM DAMAGE...
SEVERE WEATHER RAVAGED CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING MONDAY. THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS INCLUDED THE NEBRASKA COUNTIES OF THAYER AND HAMILTON
AND THE KANSAS COUNTIES OF JEWELL...PHILLIPS AND SMITH. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN HASTINGS DEPLOYED
THE WARNING AND COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST TO THAYER COUNTY AND TWO
WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES TO HAMILTON COUNTY.
...THAYER COUNTY TORNADO...
AT 640 PM CDT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THAYER COUNTY A FEW MILES
NORTH OF DESHLER. THIS TORNADO TRACKED TO THE SOUTHEAST. DEBRIS
FIELDS AND SURFACE BASED REVIEW OF THE TRACK SUGGESTS THAT THE
TORNADO THEN TRACKED WESTWARD THROUGH TOWN BEFORE WEAKENING AND
MOVING SOUTH OF DESHLER.
THE FINAL REPORT OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY WAS AROUND 654 PM CDT...
PLACING THE TORNADO ROUGHLY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DESHLER.
APPROXIMATELY 100 HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. NUMEROUS
STRUCTURES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE OR OTHER VISIBLE EXTERNAL
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. A FEW HOMES WERE SHIFTED FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS.
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT PLACES THE TORNADO AT THE F2 RATING ON THE
FUJITA SCALE.
AS OF 6 PM CDT MONDAY...THERE WERE SEVEN CONFIRMED INJURIES. THE
INJURED WERE TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL FACILITIES BY AMBULANCE. IN
ADDITION TO THE INJURIES THERE IS ONE CONFIRMED DEATH. THE VICTIM
WAS A 47 YEAR OLD MALE WHO WAS LEAVING A WORKSHOP TO SEEK SHELTER
FROM THE STORM. THE DEATH OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 650 PM CDT
SUNDAY.
AN AERIAL SURVEY WAS NOT CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THE PRELIMINARY TRACK INFORMATION MAY BE REVISED AS MORE AERIAL
FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHS BECOME AVAILABLE.
THE LAST TORNADO RELATED DEATH IN THE HASTINGS COUNTY WARNING AREA
OCCURRED DURING THE GRAND ISLAND TORNADO OUTBREAK ON JUNE 3, 1980.
FIVE DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN HALL COUNTY DURING THIS OUTBREAK.
...HAMILTON COUNTY HAILSTONE...
...UPDATED FOR WEIGHT OF THE HAILSTONE...
AT 705 PM CDT SUNDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS
RECEIVED REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL IN AURORA...HAMILTON COUNTY NEBRASKA.
INITIAL REPORTS STATED THAT THE HAIL HAD PENETRATED THE ROOF OF A
HOME, LEAVING HOLES IN THE STRUCTURE LARGE ENOUGH TO CRAWL THROUGH.
THE STONES WERE SAVED AND PLACED IN A FREEZER AT THE RESIDENCE AND
TWO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES WERE SENT TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE
AND RECORD THE SIZE.
THE HAILSTONE MEASURED 6.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER WITH A CIRCUMFERENCE
OF 17.3 INCHES AND WEIGHED 1.33 POUNDS. ADDITIONAL STONES WERE
OBSERVED AND COLLECTED BY RESIDENTS OF AURORA. PICTURES OF THE
LARGER STONE WILL BE POSTED ON THE HASTINGS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE.
THIS COMPARES TO THE POTTER NEBRASKA HAILSTONE ON JULY 12, 1928. THE
POTTER NEBRASKA HAILSTONE WAS 5.4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHED
APPROXIMATELY 1.5 POUNDS.
...LARGEST HAILSTONE ON RECORD...
PRIOR TO TODAY...THE LARGEST HAILSTONE ON RECORD OCCURRED IN
COFFEYVILLE KANSAS ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1970. THIS STONE MEASURED 5.7
INCHES IN DIAMETER...17.5 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND WEIGHED 1.67
POUNDS.
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