Thunderstorms produced severe hail up to the size of tennis balls on this Wednesday evening. Around 7 p.m. CDT, thunderstorms began forming across southern Hall and Adams counties. Over the following hour, other storms developed, forming a broken line from Hamilton county southwestward to Webster county. The initial storm produced multiple reports of generally one inch hail between Doniphan and Juniata. The northernmost storm produced multiple reports of hail as large as ping pong balls across Hamilton and York counties. However, the largest hail fell with the storm over Webster county, where hail up to the size of tennis balls fell near Red Cloud. After 9 p.m. CDT, the coverage of thunderstorms diminished with the storm over York county exiting into eastern Nebraska and the storms that remained along the Kansas-Nebraska border weakening below severe limits.
These storms formed right along a weak cold front that was merging with the lee side trough that had advanced out ahead of it. The upper level flow was fairly zonal over the central and western United States, with a shortwave trough progressing through the Northern Plains. Temperatures were in the lower to middle 80s when the storms developed, with dewpoints in the lower to middle 60s. Combined with steep 700-500 mb lapse rates (nearly 7.5 deg C/km), MLCAPE values were between 2000 and 3000 J/kg. Effective deep-layer shear was 25 to 30 knots.

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 18:50:00 to 11-JUN-14 18:50:00 (CST-6)
Location: HASTINGS
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

This hail fell at NWS office north of Hastings.

Hail in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:00:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: DONIPHAN
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:05:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: BLUE HILL
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 3.00M
Reported by: COOP Observer

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 18:32:00 to 11-JUN-14 18:32:00 (CST-6)
Location: JUNIATA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 18:40:00 to 11-JUN-14 18:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: JUNIATA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:35:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: HAMPTON
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 20:00:00 to 11-JUN-14 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BENEDICT
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:31:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:31:00 (CST-6)
Location: RED CLOUD
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 3.00M
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue

Hail in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:31:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:31:00 (CST-6)
Location: RED CLOUD
Magnitude: 2.50 
Property damage: 75.00K
Crop damage: 4.00M
Reported by: State Official

Hail in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:19:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:19:00 (CST-6)
Location: AURORA
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 3.00M
Reported by: COOP Observer

Hail in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:25:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: RED CLOUD
Magnitude: 2.00 
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 3.00M
Reported by: Public

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 19:47:00 to 11-JUN-14 19:47:00 (CST-6)
Location: BRADSHAW
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 1.00M
Reported by: Public

Hail in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 11-JUN-14 18:45:00 to 11-JUN-14 18:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: JUNIATA
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee