Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 4, 2004

Name: Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 4, 2004
Start: 2004-07-04T22:39
End: 2004-07-04T23:07
Location: Nebraska

July 4, 2004 · NWS GID · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 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: 2

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
955 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

.DISCUSSION...A DEFINITE DIFFERENCE TONIGHT AS OPPOSED TO LAST NIGHT
IN TERMS OF CONV EVOLUTION THIS EVENING. GROWING CONCERN LATE THIS
EVENING IS W/MERGING SRN/NRN STREAM SW TROFS OUT WEST. NEW ETA40 500
MB HGT REFLECTION OF THIS LOOKS QUITE GOOD AND GIVEN ENHANCED BACKED
LL INFLOW INTO DVLPG LINE SEGMENTS BOTH WEST AND SOUTH ALG
W/APPRECIABLE PWS IN PLACE AND STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATE PLUME
OVERHEAD ALL SPELL TROUBLE OVR SRN NEB AND NRN KS. WILL BE UPDATING
SHORTLY FOR FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING BASICALLY ALG
AND SOUTH OF A GENEVA TO HASTINGS TO PHILLIPSBURG LINE.

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.PREV DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE
PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVE WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST COLORADO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AS SEEN IN THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. IN SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS...A DRY LINE CAN BE SEEN IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO.  A SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS
ALSO LAYING ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO EXTREME NORTHERN
NEBRASKA. CONVECTION WAS INITIATING IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES IN
COLORADO. LAPS 19Z ANALYSIS OF CAPE HAD VALUES UP TO 6300 J/KG ALONG
THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDERS...DECREASING TO NEAR 2300 J/KG IN
GOSPER AND FURNAS COUNTIES.   THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD HAS REMAINED
WEAK ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE IN WESTERN
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS.  UPPER LEVEL WAVE SHOULD HELP GIVE GREATER
DEFINITION TO THE STORM STRUCTURE.  LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS ARE A
LIMITING FACTOR IN THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN OUR AREA BECAUSE
IT IS SO WEAK...IT MAY PLAY A ROLE IN KEEPING WIND POTENTIAL DOWN
AS THE GUST FRONT WILL NOT BE MAINTAINED CLOSE TO THE MAIN
CONVECTION AS IT MATURES. MID-LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE
MOVING OUT OF COLORADO...MAY HELP ORGANIZE CONVECTION INTO A MCS.
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SINKING SOUTH THROUGH NEBRASKA ON MONDAY...
AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST NORTH OF IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
DROPPING DOWN INTO THE PLAINS. THE TWO SHOULD PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIFT
FOR CONVECTION TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL HELP
KEEP TEMPERATURES LOWER TOMORROW.  TUESDAY THE AREA WILL BE BEHIND
THE FRONT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE REGION BY
WEDNESDAY...AND RIDGE WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE PLAINS.  EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND NICELY TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY.  MODELS BEGINNING TO COME INTO
MORE AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL PATTERN IN THE EXTENDED.  HEIGHTS RISE
WEDNESDAY BEHIND DEPARTING TROF WITH RIDGE AXIS BUILDING ONTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS.  FLOW TRANSITIONS SOUTHWEST BY LATE THURSDAY WITH
WEAK SHORTWAVES LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CONUS.  AN OUTSIDE
CHANCE FOR CONVECTION EXISTS AND HAVE MAINTAINED OUR CURRENT LOW
POPS.  UPPER TROF DEEPENS IN MANITOBA BY FRIDAY WITH COOL FRONT
PUSHING SOUTH INTO THE DAKOTAS. MODELS TRENDING FARTHER NORTH WITH
UPPER LOW SO WILL NEED TO MONITOR HOW FAR SOUTH INITIATION POINT OF
CONVECTION WILL BE.  UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AND
RESIDUAL BOUNDARY MAY AGAIN FOCUS CONVECTION...OTHERWISE A GENERAL
WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED.

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.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.

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NELSON/FAY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 9:29 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1029 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-051200-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY-
HALL-HAMILTON-HARLAN-HOWARD-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MERRICK-MITCHELL-NANCE-
NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS-PHILLIPS-POLK-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-THAYER-
VALLEY-WEBSTER-YORK-
1029 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
AND FOR LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
GENEVA...TO HASTINGS...TO FRANKLIN...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WIDESPREAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA TONIGHT.  THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...HAIL UP
TO AN INCH AND HALF IN DIAMETER...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND
AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GENEVA...TO HASTINGS...TO FRANKLIN IN
NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT...WITH ISOLATED CHANCES FOR LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN.

ADDITIONAL SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION...LOG ONTO THE HASTINGS NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEB-PAGE...

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GID (ALL LOWER CASE)

NELSON/T/FAY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:41 PM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1041 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004

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

1024 PM     HAIL             2 S PLAINVILLE          39.21N 99.30W
07/04/2004  0.88 INCH        ROOKS              KS   AMATEUR RADIO

1029 PM     TSTM WND GST     PALCO                   39.25N 99.56W
07/04/2004  70 MPH           ROOKS              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN YARD

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NELSON

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:03 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1103 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004

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

1100 PM     TSTM WND GST     LOGAN                   39.66N 99.57W
07/04/2004  59 MPH           PHILLIPS           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

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NELSON

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:18 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1118 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004

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

1117 PM     HAIL             KENSINGTON              39.77N 99.03W
07/04/2004  0.88 INCH        SMITH              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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NELSON

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:26 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1126 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004

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

1105 PM     HAIL             GLADE                   39.68N 99.31W
07/04/2004  0.88 INCH        PHILLIPS           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOGAN                   39.66N 99.57W
07/04/2004                   PHILLIPS           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPEED                   39.68N 99.42W
07/04/2004                   PHILLIPS           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES DOWN

1106 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEBSTER STATE PARK      39.40N 99.45W
07/04/2004                   ROOKS              KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE FELL ON CAR

1054 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STOCKTON                39.44N 99.27W
07/04/2004                   ROOKS              KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            3 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN

1123 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLAINVILLE              39.23N 99.30W
07/04/2004                   ROOKS              KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN...HIGHWAY 23

1125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PHILLIPSBURG            39.75N 99.32W
07/04/2004                   PHILLIPS           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE LIMBS DOWN ALL OVER CITY

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NELSON

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:38 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1138 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004

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

1125 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 E BELOIT              39.47N 98.09W
07/04/2004  76 MPH           MITCHELL           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

1125 PM     TSTM WND GST     BELOIT                  39.47N 98.11W
07/04/2004  63 MPH           MITCHELL           KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT BELOIT JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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NELSON

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:39 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1139 PM CDT SUN JUL 04 2004

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

1139 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKLIN                40.10N 98.95W
07/04/2004                   FRANKLIN           NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMBS DOWN

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NELSON

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: July 4, 10:39 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, Franklin
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.100, -98.950

Thunderstorm Wind, Nuckolls

When: July 4, 11:07 PM CST
Where: Nuckolls County, Superior
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 40.033, -98.067

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: 5411568, 5411569.