An ominous looking supercell dived southeast from around Ord to southwest of Hastings spawning tornadoes and damaging hail along its path.  The structure of the severe thunderstorm was easily visible from many miles away.  After producing large hail in northwest Valley county, a tornado was spotted by a volunteer fireman north of Arcadia.  No damaged occurred.  As the storm drove southeast, hail to the size of baseballs was reported from near Ravenna to south of Shelton.  To the northeast of Shelton, another tornado was reported to have lasted about four minutes.  No property damage was noted.  Wind driven large hail did hammer much of Shelton and the surrounding areas.  Windows were blown out, cars severely damaged and many roofs were deemed lost.  Some crops in the area were leveled as damage totaled well into the millions.  The storm continued to pound western Adams and eastern Kearney county with damaging hail and wind before falling apart in Franklin county around midnight.

Tornado in VALLEY, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 18:25:00 to 24-JUL-02 18:25:00 (CST)
Location: ARCADIA
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Brief touchdown in open country reported by volunteer fireman.

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 21:35:00 to 24-JUL-02 21:35:00 (CST)
Location: ROSELAND
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 1M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in VALLEY, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 18:05:00 to 24-JUL-02 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: ORD
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 10K
Crop damage: 250K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 19:19:00 to 24-JUL-02 19:19:00 (CST)
Location: SPALDING
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in SHERMAN, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 19:55:00 to 24-JUL-02 19:55:00 (CST)
Location: ROCKVILLE
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 10K
Crop damage: 250K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Thunderstorm Wind in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 20:15:00 to 24-JUL-02 20:15:00 (CST)
Location: DANNEBROG
Magnitude: 60 E
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 21:22:00 to 24-JUL-02 21:22:00 (CST)
Location: KENESAW
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 2M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 21:27:00 to 24-JUL-02 21:27:00 (CST)
Location: SHELTON
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 250K
Crop damage: 2M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 21:49:00 to 24-JUL-02 21:49:00 (CST)
Location: HEARTWELL
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 1M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 21:40:00 to 24-JUL-02 21:40:00 (CST)
Location: KENESAW
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 200K
Crop damage: 2M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Tornado in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 20:43:00 to 24-JUL-02 20:47:00 (CST)
Location: SHELTON
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

An off-duty NWS employee and many other storm spotters witnessed the tornado north of Shelton.  No significant damage was reported from the tornado itself as it bounced along the ground.

Hail in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 20:30:00 to 24-JUL-02 20:30:00 (CST)
Location: WOOD RIVER
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 22:10:00 to 24-JUL-02 22:10:00 (CST)
Location: HOLSTEIN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 500K
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO

Hail in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 24-JUL-02 21:00:00 to 24-JUL-02 21:00:00 (CST)
Location: SHELTON
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 150K
Crop damage: 2M
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO