Thunderstorms developed over western Nebraska in the late morning and early afternoon hours on Tuesday, August 9th on the north side of a stationary surface front.  Several storms became severe and produced very large hail up to baseball size as they moved southeast across southwest Nebraska.  One of these storms produced several funnel clouds over Keith and Lincoln counties.  More storms developed into the overnight hours which brought more large hail and damaging winds to the southern Nebraska panhandle and far southwest Nebraska.

Hail in ARTHUR, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 12:37:00 to 09-AUG-11 12:37:00 (MST-7)
Location: ARTHUR
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 750.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground and was six inches in depth in some locations.  This caused the Nebraska Department of Roads to plow the hail off of the roads north of Lake McConaughy.  This hail also heavily impacted the corn crop in the area, with total crop loss being common to approximately 1000 acres of crops.

Hail in KEITH, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 12:36:00 to 09-AUG-11 12:36:00 (MST-7)
Location: SARBEN
Magnitude: 2.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 800.00K
Reported by: Public

Tennis ball size hail fell four miles north of Paxton, while half dollar size hail was reported in the city of Paxton.  Also, heavy crop damage occurred from this large hail with total loss for approximately 1000 acres.

Hail in HAYES, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 14:35:00 to 09-AUG-11 14:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: HAYES CENTER
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Baseball size hail fell 10 miles north-northeast of Hayes Center, while golf ball size hail fell seven miles north of Hayes Center.  Many cornfields were stripped with crop damage varying from minor to total loss.

Hail in PERKINS, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 13:01:00 to 09-AUG-11 13:01:00 (MST-7)
Location: GRAINTON
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.75K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Golf ball size hail broke out windows in a home.

Hail in LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 13:55:00 to 09-AUG-11 13:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: SUTHERLAND
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Golf ball size hail covered the ground near the Sutherland Power Plant and broke windows out of homes in the city of Sutherland.

Hail in LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 14:32:00 to 09-AUG-11 14:32:00 (CST-6)
Location: WALLACE
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Twenty-four windows were broken out of a local business building, with many other reports of windows broken out of homes and vehicles in the city of Wallace.

Funnel Cloud in KEITH, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 12:38:00 to 09-AUG-11 12:38:00 (MST-7)
Location: SARBEN
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A wall cloud produced several brief funnel clouds approximately 10 miles west of Sutherland.

Funnel Cloud in LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 14:10:00 to 09-AUG-11 14:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: WALLACE
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A wall cloud produced several small funnel clouds near Wallace.

Hail in DEUEL, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 13:55:00 to 09-AUG-11 13:55:00 (MST-7)
Location: CHAPPELL
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in PERKINS, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 14:47:00 to 09-AUG-11 14:47:00 (MST-7)
Location: VENANGO
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Ping pong and golf ball size hail fell in Venango, while quarter size hail fell 10 miles east of Venango.

Hail in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 15:25:00 to 09-AUG-11 15:25:00 (MST-7)
Location: IMPERIAL
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 15:45:00 to 09-AUG-11 15:45:00 (MST-7)
Location: ENDERS RES
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in PERKINS, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 16:41:00 to 09-AUG-11 16:41:00 (MST-7)
Location: ELSIE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in PERKINS, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 17:00:00 to 09-AUG-11 17:00:00 (MST-7)
Location: GRANT
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Golf ball size hail covered the ground.

Hail in HAYES, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 18:28:00 to 09-AUG-11 18:28:00 (CST-6)
Location: HAYES CENTER
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 17:29:00 to 09-AUG-11 17:29:00 (MST-7)
Location: WAUNETA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 19:30:00 to 09-AUG-11 19:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: LAMAR
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in DEUEL, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 21:12:00 to 09-AUG-11 21:12:00 (MST-7)
Location: CHAPPELL
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in DEUEL, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 19:30:00 to 09-AUG-11 19:30:00 (MST-7)
Location: BIG SPGS
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in HAYES, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 14:56:00 to 09-AUG-11 14:56:00 (CST-6)
Location: HAYES CENTER
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in DEUEL, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 14:00:00 to 09-AUG-11 14:00:00 (MST-7)
Location: CHAPPELL
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 15:11:00 to 09-AUG-11 15:11:00 (MST-7)
Location: LAMAR
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in PERKINS, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 16:08:00 to 09-AUG-11 16:08:00 (MST-7)
Location: GRANT
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue

Half dollar size hail fell in Grant, while quarter size hail fell six miles west-northwest of Grant.

Hail in CHASE, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 17:22:00 to 09-AUG-11 17:22:00 (MST-7)
Location: (IML)IMPERIAL ARPT
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Golf ball size hail fell five miles northeast of Imperial and half dollar size hail fell 10 miles north of Imperial.

Thunderstorm Wind in DEUEL, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 21:12:00 to 09-AUG-11 21:12:00 (MST-7)
Location: CHAPPELL
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 m.p.h. in Chappell.

Hail in ARTHUR, NEBRASKA
From 09-AUG-11 11:57:00 to 09-AUG-11 11:57:00 (MST-7)
Location: ARTHUR
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 200.00K
Reported by: State Official

Crop damage occurred from large hail over southern Arthur County.  This loss caused a varied decrease in yields for the corn crop that the hail affected.