Numerous thunderstorms rumbled across much of South Central Nebraska on the evening of Saturday the 8th into the early morning of Sunday the 9th. While most of this activity was sub-severe, producing only small hail and/or wind gusts up to around 50 MPH, a notable exception occurred in several southwestern counties where a briefly-supercellular storm produced a flurry of severe-criteria wind gusts primarily between 8-9 p.m. CDT. These severe winds of mainly 60-70 MPH concentrated within northern Furnas, southern Gosper, northwestern Harlan and southern Phelps counties, including an intense (albeit unofficial) gust of 86 MPH clocked by a personal weather station north-northwest of Oxford. While ground-truth damage reports were limited, they included: 1) a power pole blown onto Highway 6/34 in Arapahoe along with several large tree limbs down around town...2) various reports of mainly minor damage in/near Holdrege, including: damaged power poles, a large tree down at the cemetery, and part of an irrigation pivot blown onto a rural road a few miles west of town. As this storm of the day progressed into eastern Phelps County it weakened while transitioning to more of a multicell cluster mode. However, storm intensity occasionally flared up farther east, as evidenced by estimated 55-60 MPH winds in southeast Adams County. Lightning also made the news during the evening, as a bolt from a non-severe storm in Grand Island blew out a roughly 5-by-5 foot section from the roof of a retail store, sparking a small fire. Somewhat surprisingly, there was no verified severe-criteria hail during this event, with the largest reported stones only nickel size.
Timing-wise, the first severe storms of the day in close proximity to (but slightly west of) South Central Nebraska erupted along a well-defined cold front in west-central Nebraska during the mid-afternoon. A few hours later, the first strong storm to affect the local area entered western Dawson County between 6-7 p.m. CDT, followed a bit later by the main, outflow-dominant severe cell that rapidly intensified over Gosper/northern Furnas counties. As the night wore on a few larger-scale, predominantly sub-severe storm complexes traversed much of the 30-county area, with most places eventually rain-free by 4-5 a.m. CDT on the 9th. Meteorologically, this was a fairly strongly-forced event. In the mid-upper levels, west-southwesterly flow was present, slightly downstream from a seasonably-strong, large-scale trough traversing the Northern Rockies. At the surface, the aforementioned, northeast-southwest oriented cold front gradually made its way through South Central Nebraska during the evening and overnight hours. Ahead of this boundary, the mesoscale environment was clearly supportive of severe storms, with early-evening parameters featuring around 2000 J/kg mixed-layer CAPE and 30-40 knots of deep-layer wind shear. As a testament to the strength of the passing cold front, high temperatures across most of South Central Nebraska dropped from the mid-80s F on the 8th to only the upper-60s on the 9th.

Thunderstorm Wind in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:09:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:09:00 (CST-6)
Location: ARAPAHOE
Magnitude: 63.00 EG
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Power poles and power lines were damaged in Arapahoe. A power line was laying across the junction of Highways 34 and 283. Tree limbs with diameters of 6 to 8 inches were downed. Wind gust of 73 mph was measured at the north side of Arapahoe at this time.

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:55:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: HOLDREGE
Magnitude: 65.00 EG
Property damage: 250.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Power was out in part of the community of Holdrege. Sparks were reported at a substation. Four power poles were damaged near 18th Avenue and Lincoln Street. A large tree was downed at the cemetery, and blocked part of 18th Avenue. Irrigation pipe was moved onto the road approximately a half mile south of town. Part of an irrigation pivot was blown onto J Road between 732 and 733 Road.

Thunderstorm Wind in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:11:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:14:00 (CST-6)
Location: ELWOOD
Magnitude: 61.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Wind gusts of 60 MPH and 70 MPH were measured on a hand-held anemometer.

Thunderstorm Wind in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:30:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 75.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:30:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: ATLANTA
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:36:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:36:00 (CST-6)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 61.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:39:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:39:00 (CST-6)
Location: ATLANTA
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:40:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: LOOMIS
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:43:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:43:00 (CST-6)
Location: HOLDREGE
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:45:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: HOLDREGE
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Wind gusts were estimated to be at least 70 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:46:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:46:00 (CST-6)
Location: LOOMIS
Magnitude: 61.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:47:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:47:00 (CST-6)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

An estimated wind gust of 60 mph occurred.

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:50:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:50:00 (CST-6)
Location: HOLDREGE
Magnitude: 55.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 19:57:00 to 08-JUN-19 19:57:00 (CST-6)
Location: HOLDREGE ARPT
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

Thunderstorm Wind in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 20:01:00 to 08-JUN-19 20:01:00 (CST-6)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 21:30:00 to 08-JUN-19 21:36:00 (CST-6)
Location: PAULINE
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Estimated 55 to 60 mph wind gusts occurred. Winds were strong for about 5 to 7 minutes.

Hail in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 22:05:00 to 08-JUN-19 22:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: CLAY CENTER
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Lightning in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 08-JUN-19 21:18:00 to 08-JUN-19 21:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: GRAND IS
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Lightning strike ocurred to a retail store off West 13th Street (HomeGoods Store). A small fire occurred and a 5-by-5 foot section of roof was damaged, allowing water to get inside.