Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 29, 2004

Name: Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 29, 2004
Start: 2004-07-29T18:20
End: 2004-07-29T18:20
Location: Nebraska

July 29, 2004 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
230 PM MDT THU JUL 29 2004

.SHORT TERM...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BE ALOFT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH A
SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.  SOUTHERLY WINDS EAST OF THE MTNS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME
NORTHERLY BY EARLY FRIDAY...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE
AREA.  BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME WEST.  LOW
LEVELS WILL REMAIN DRY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT MID LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL BE PRESENT.  LIS WILL BE FROM -2 TO -4 THIS EVENING WITH CAPES
FROM 500 TO 700 J/KG.  500 WINDS ARE 30 KTS OR GREATER.  WILL
MENTION SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...WITH SOME SEVERE
STORMS LIKELY IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  THETA E RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS
RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...SO
SEVERE STORMS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE MUCH PAST SUNSET.  ON
FRIDAY...AIRMASS IS ONLY SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE WITH WEAK CAPES.  WILL GO
WITH DRY CONDITION FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...WARMER AND GENERALLY DRY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER
THE MOUNTAIN STATES SATURDAY AND THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.  A FEW
DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE RIDGE WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED TO
WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE
HIGHER TERRAIN.  THE FIRST OF THESE WILL RACE ALONG THE COLORADO AND
WYOMING BORDER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  SOME RESIDUAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY.  THE RIDGE WILL TILT
EASTWARD AT MID WEEK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CANADA.  TEMPERATURES WILL START TO FALL
SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY.  HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN GENERALLY DRY.

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.

KMD/DCC

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 9:02 AM MST, 9 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1002 AM MDT THU JUL 29 2004

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-301130-
BANNER-BOX BUTTE-CHEYENNE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-CONVERSE-DAWES-GOSHEN-
KIMBALL-LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-MORRILL-NIOBRARA-NORTH CARBON-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-PINE BLUFFS-PLATTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-SIOUX-
SNOWY RANGE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...CHADRON...CHEYENNE...DOUGLAS...
KIMBALL...LARAMIE...LUSK...RAWLINS...SCOTTSBLUFF...SIDNEY...
TORRINGTON AND WHEATLAND
1002 AM MDT THU JUL 29 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.  MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER AIR WEATHER DISTURBANCE
MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS MAY
PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.  THE BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE OVER THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ONLY A FEW WEAK THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS A
WARMER AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER PATTERN SETS UP.  LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

KMD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:10 PM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
410 PM MDT THU JUL 29 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0348 PM     HAIL             CHADRON                 42.83N 103.00W
07/29/2004  1.00 INCH        DAWES              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0403 PM     HAIL             TORRINGTON              42.07N 104.18W
07/29/2004  0.75 INCH        GOSHEN             WY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KMD

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:45 PM MST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
445 PM MDT THU JUL 29 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0416 PM     HAIL             8 SE TORRINGTON         41.99N 104.07W
07/29/2004  0.88 INCH        GOSHEN             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WEILAND

Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:17 PM MST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
717 PM MDT THU JUL 29 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0708 PM     HAIL             17 N BAYARD             42.00N 103.32W
07/29/2004  1.00 INCH        BOX BUTTE          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WEILAND

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 184 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Box Butte

When: July 29, 6:20 PM MST
Where: Box Butte County, (Aia)alliance Arpt
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.050, -102.800

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 2004

Sources

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: 5413965.