Hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging winds occurred on this Thursday night. Just after 9 PM CST, scattered, small thunderstorms began developing between Elwood and Minden. The storms increased in size and combined into an east-west oriented multi-cell line that was stationary across Gosper, Phelps, and Kearney counties. This line remained stationary through 1 AM CST Friday. However, between midnight and 1 AM, the MCS began to evolve. A storm over Kearney county began moving eastward and became dominant. As this storm moved into Adams county after 1 AM CST, new storms formed along the surging outflow boundary/cold pool from Red Cloud to Franklin to Alma. A transition to a comma-shaped echo configuration had occurred. This finally brought an end to the storms over Gosper, Phelps, and Kearney counties. The newly formed squall line increased in size between 2 and 430 AM CST, as it moved across the rest of south central Nebraska, south of Interstate 80. The initial east-west line of storms produced golf ball size hail several miles south of Elwood, and downburst winds knocked down power lines across highway 23 between Loomis and Holdrege. Outflow winds of 58 mph were also measured near Oxford. Later in the night, the squall line produced severe winds in a couple spots. A large tree limb was broken in Hastings, and winds were clocked at 60 mph in Harvard. There were not many rain gauge observations available where the heaviest rain fell, but the highest amount reported was 3.46 inches, 11 mi south of Elwood.
Throughout the day, a slow-moving cold front became stationary across northern Nebraska, from Scottsbluff to Sioux City, IA. These storms formed south of the front, where just prior to convection initiation, temperatures were in the upper 70s, and dewpoints were in the lower 70s. With the mid-level lapse rate around 7.5 C/km, MUCAPE was near 3000 J/kg. Effective deep layer shear was 25-30 kt. In the upper-levels, the flow was from the west-southwest across most of nation, with a weak (and weakening) trough over the northern Rockies. Wind speeds were weak over the central Plains with a low-amplitude ridge from near Denver to Omaha.

Hail in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 04-JUL-19 22:22:00 to 04-JUL-19 22:22:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERTRAND
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Thunderstorm Wind in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 04-JUL-19 23:41:00 to 04-JUL-19 23:41:00 (CST-6)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A 58 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station located 5 miles north-northwest of Oxford.

Thunderstorm Wind in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 05-JUL-19 02:24:00 to 05-JUL-19 02:24:00 (CST-6)
Location: HARVARD
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A 60 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station located in Harvard.

Flash Flood in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 04-JUL-19 23:30:00 to 05-JUL-19 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERTRAND
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Radar estimates showed rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches fell over the warned area in a short amount of time, with up to 5 inches measured in Bertrand. Emergency management reported that flash flooding occurred in Bertrand and the surrounding areas, including the headwaters area of the Turkey Creek north of Edison, which resulted in a rise above minor flood stage during the daytime hours on the 5th.

Flash Flood in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 04-JUL-19 23:30:00 to 05-JUL-19 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: SMITHFIELD
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Radar estimates showed rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches fell over the warned area in a short amount of time, with up to 5 inches measured in Bertrand. Emergency management reported that flash flooding occurred in Bertrand and the surrounding areas, including the headwaters area of the Turkey Creek north of Edison, which resulted in a rise above minor flood stage during the daytime hours on the 5th.

Hail in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 04-JUL-19 23:40:00 to 04-JUL-19 23:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: ELWOOD
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Social Media

Thunderstorm Wind in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 05-JUL-19 00:35:00 to 05-JUL-19 00:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: LOOMIS
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A power line was blown down across Highway 23.

Thunderstorm Wind in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 05-JUL-19 01:45:00 to 05-JUL-19 01:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: (HSI)HASTINGS ARPT
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

A large tree limb from a healthy tree was downed.