Thunderstorms erupted during the evening in south-central Nebraska.  One storm near Aurora produced very large hail.  One stone measured by an NWS Storm Survey team was determined to be the largest sized stone to fall in the United States.  It measured 7 inches in diameter and 18.75 inches in circumference.  Many other large stones were noted on the northern side of Aurora.  Given the lack of wind, damage was limited to roofs, a few windows and some crop land near town.  The storm also produced a couple of brief small tornadoes as it slowly moved through northern Hamilton county.At nearly the same time, another very slow moving storm produced several tornadoes, hail and extremely heavy rains in Thayer county. One tornado moved through the town of Deshler going from the southeast side of town to the west.  One man was killed in his garage before he was able to get to shelter.  Over 400 homes in Deshler were damaged with four being completely demolished.  Nearly 100 homes were moderately to severely damaged.  Six businesses in town were considered a complete loss and 25 others reportedly suffered moderate to severe damage.  Seven people were injured, most were minor and were from broken glass.  Later in the evening, a tornado was reported north of Bradshaw in York county.  Storm spotters about 1 mile west of the tornado saw debris being flung through the air.  A farmstead was hit with most of the damage done to an old barn.Despite ongoing drought conditions, widespread flooding was reported in Thayer and southern Fillmore counties.  The flash flood along the Rose Creek at Hubbell provided some of the worst damage.  Water was flowing into houses and businesses on main street to the tune of up to 5 feet deep.  Boats were the only mode of travel through the business district.  Up to 15 residents had to be evacuated by the local Dive and Rescue team using jet skis.  The flooding was caused by extremely heavy rainfall in nearby Republic County, Kansas.Flooding and flash flooding was also a problem throughout Thayer county.  Rainfall of over 12 inches was reported about 5 miles north of Deshler.  Residents reported nearly 5 hours of constant, wind-driven rain.  Windows were blown out and the rain just poured into homes.  Widespread agricultural damage was done due to the rain.  The runoff in the Snake and Spring creeks ravaged Deshler, the town which had already been hammered by tornadoes that evening.  Flooding was concentrated in the southern part of town and most widespread near the park and fairgrounds.Major river flooding was reported along the Little Blue River from just west of Hebron to the Jefferson county line.  One man at his farmstead near Gilead had to be air lifted to safety by the National Guard as flooding waters rose on his property.  Dozens of county roads and bridges were damaged or destroyed.  U. S. Highway 81 was restricted to one lane travel at Hebron due to the high water on the road.  Portions of Highways 81, 136 and 9 were closed for a time due to high water.  The Big Sandy Creek flowed out of its banks at Alexandria and crested at 14.5 feet.  Water was flowing over the highway near town and filling back into the town's sewer drains.  In all, several million dollars in damage was done by the flooding alone.  Some locals said this was the worst flooding in the area in 55 years.

Tornado in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:42:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:44:00 (CST)
Location: MARQUETTE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A brief tornado reported by storm chasers.

Hail in POLK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:50:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:50:00 (CST)
Location: POLK
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:05:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: AURORA
Magnitude: 7.00 
Property damage: 500K
Crop damage: 1M
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Record setting hail occurred on the north side of Aurora.

Tornado in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:20:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:30:00 (CST)
Location: DESHLER
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 500K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

The last of four tornadoes to occur near Deshler.  Damage was primarily to crops and pivot systems.

Tornado in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:30:00 to 22-JUN-03 17:42:00 (CST)
Location: DESHLER
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 200K
Crop damage: 1M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

The first of several tornadoes to occur in Thayer county.  This tornado remained in open county and most damage was to pivots and power poles.

Hail in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:28:00 to 22-JUN-03 17:28:00 (CST)
Location: DESHLER
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 250K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Tornado in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:43:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: DESHLER
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 10M
Crop damage: 1M
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A strong tornado set down on the southeast side of Deshler near the fairgrounds and moved west through the south side of Deshler.  The slow moving tornado lifted a couple of miles west of town.

Hail in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:44:00 to 22-JUN-03 17:44:00 (CST)
Location: AURORA
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Tornado in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:00:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: DESHLER
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 500K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A short lived tornado was video taped on a law enforcement car camera as they were watching the stronger tornado move through Deshler.

Tornado in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:08:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:12:00 (CST)
Location: AURORA
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 30K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

A brief touch down occurred just west of Aurora and was observed by an off duty NWS meteorologist.

Hail in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:00:00 to 22-JUN-03 17:00:00 (CST)
Location: GRAND IS
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in MERRICK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:02:00 to 22-JUN-03 17:02:00 (CST)
Location: CHAPMAN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:10:00 to 22-JUN-03 17:10:00 (CST)
Location: HARVARD
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 17:15:00 to 22-JUN-03 17:15:00 (CST)
Location: GILTNER
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Thunderstorm Wind in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 21:30:00 to 22-JUN-03 21:30:00 (CST)
Location: ONG
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 21:15:00 to 22-JUN-03 21:15:00 (CST)
Location: NELSON
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 21:45:00 to 22-JUN-03 21:45:00 (CST)
Location: SUPERIOR
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Thunderstorm Wind in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 21:50:00 to 22-JUN-03 21:50:00 (CST)
Location: EDGAR
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Lightning in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 23:52:00 to 22-JUN-03 23:52:00 (CST)
Location: KEARNEY
Property damage: 73K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Lightning struck a paint store and resulting fire caused $73,000 in damage.

Thunderstorm Wind in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:45:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:45:00 (CST)
Location: SHICKLEY
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 10K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:00:00 to 22-JUN-03 20:00:00 (CST)
Location: SPALDING
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Heavy Rain in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 (CST)
Location: STRANG
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 1M
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Heavy rainfall in the southern part of Fillmore county forced water over the highway in Strang.  Low lying fields were inundated with water.

Flash Flood in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 06:00:00 (CST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 2M
Crop damage: 5M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:06:00 to 22-JUN-03 20:06:00 (CST)
Location: FULLERTON
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:10:00 to 22-JUN-03 20:10:00 (CST)
Location: HASTINGS
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Thunderstorm Wind in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:20:00 to 22-JUN-03 20:20:00 (CST)
Location: EDGAR
Magnitude: 62 EG
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:22:00 to 22-JUN-03 20:22:00 (CST)
Location: MURPHY
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Hail in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:30:00 to 22-JUN-03 20:40:00 (CST)
Location: FULLERTON
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 1M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A narrow swath of crop damage from southwest of Fullerton to south of Fullerton produced widespread corn and soybean damage.

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 20:30:00 to 22-JUN-03 20:30:00 (CST)
Location: HENDERSON
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 150K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Crop damage from hail and wind was confined to a 6 square mile area of beans and corn.

Thunderstorm Wind in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 21:00:00 to 22-JUN-03 21:00:00 (CST)
Location: SUTTON
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Heavy Rain in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:00:00 to 22-JUN-03 23:00:00 (CST)
Location: DESHLER
Property damage: 500K
Crop damage: 3M
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A heavy precipitation (HP) supercell dumped 10 to 15 inches of rain in western and northern Thayer County.  At times, rain rates of 3 to 5 inches per hour were depicted by Doppler radar.

Hail in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 18:30:00 to 22-JUN-03 18:30:00 (CST)
Location: CARLETON
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 125K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:00:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:00:00 (CST)
Location: BENEDICT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:10:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:10:00 (CST)
Location: HEBRON
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:15:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:15:00 (CST)
Location: YORK
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:21:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:21:00 (CST)
Location: ST PAUL
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Tornado in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:30:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:30:00 (CST)
Location: BRADSHAW
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A brief tornado in western York county.

Thunderstorm Wind in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:45:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:45:00 (CST)
Location: HEBRON
Magnitude: 62 EG
Property damage: 150K
Crop damage: 250K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Thunderstorm Wind in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JUN-03 19:45:00 to 22-JUN-03 19:45:00 (CST)
Location: MC COOL JCT
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Lightning in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:05:00 to 23-JUN-03 00:05:00 (CST)
Location: KEARNEY
Property damage: 22K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Just minutes after one lightning ignited fire, the Kearney Volunteer Fire Department was called to another lightning started fire.  This time the fire was at a detached garage and resulted in $22,000 in damage.

Hail in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:32:00 to 23-JUN-03 00:32:00 (CST)
Location: FRANKLIN
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 01:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 01:00:00 (CST)
Location: HOLDREGE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Hail in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 01:22:00 to 23-JUN-03 01:22:00 (CST)
Location: HOLDREGE
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 01:55:00 to 23-JUN-03 01:55:00 (CST)
Location: HOLSTEIN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 02:35:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:35:00 (CST)
Location: PROSSER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in VALLEY, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 05:30:00 to 23-JUN-03 05:30:00 (CST)
Location: ELYRIA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Flood in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 06:00:00 to 24-JUN-03 06:00:00 (CST)
Property damage: 1M
Crop damage: 5M
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT