7 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 11:58 AM MST, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 158 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 ...FCST CONCERNS PCPN TONIGHT...WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY AND TEMPERATURES... .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... FAIRLY ACTIVE AFTN/EVE SEVERE PATTERN TAKING SHAPE. WARM SECTOR SVR WEATHER WILL BE LIMITED TO THE ERN COUNTIES AS THE SFC LOW IS GRADUALLY MOVING EAST. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT POSITIONED SW TO NEWD ACROSS FCST AREA...ETA SUGGESTS ADEQUATE INSTABILITY ALOFT AND WIND SHEAR TO PRODUCE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. LARGE SCALE ASCENT IS LACKING HOWEVER IN THE COOL SECTOR SO ACTIVITY COULD BE SPARSE OVERNIGHT. AS THE FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO THE NW IN THE WAKE OF TONIGHTS EVENT...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AND BEGIN FUNNELING INSTABILITY NORTHWARD UP AND ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. ETA SUGGESTS TWO MCSS WILL DEVELOP WEDS NIGHT AND AGAIN THUR NIGHT. LIMITING FACTOR COULD BE THAT THE SHEAR IS QUITE STRONG ALOFT WHILE INSTABILITY IS MODEST. I.E. BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER IS VERY LOW IN THE MODEL SOUNDINGS. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE NOW SUGGESTING A BRIEF WARM UP FRIDAY AND THEN A MODEST COOL DOWN THEREAFTER. FCST IS DRY DURING THIS PERIOD AS MODEL UNCERTAINTIES PROVIDE LITTLE MORE THAN CLIMO SKILL FCSTING RAIN. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && CDC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 352 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-041100- ARTHUR-BLAINE-BOYD-BROWN-CHASE-CUSTER-DEUEL-EASTERN CHERRY-FRONTIER- GARDEN-GARFIELD-GRANT-HAYES-HOLT-HOOKER-KEITH-KEYA PAHA-LINCOLN- LOGAN-LOUP-MCPHERSON-PERKINS-ROCK-SHERIDAN-THOMAS-WESTERN CHERRY- WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT... BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS... GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN... NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER... SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE 352 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORM MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS AS MOIST UPSLOPE EASTERLY FLOW COMBINES WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST AND MOVE INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. 13
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:43 UTC.
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds accompanied the large hail to break off large tree limbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5412947, 5412948, 5412949, 5412950, 5412951, 5412952, 5412953.