Severe thunderstorms in Valley County produced hail and strong winds. The wind, just southwest of Ord, was strong enough to damage corn and soybeans, and flip over a center pivot irrigation system while pushing another one about 20 yards.
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Severe thunderstorms in Valley County produced hail and strong winds. The wind, just southwest of Ord, was strong enough to damage corn and soybeans, and flip over a center pivot irrigation system while pushing another one about 20 yards. Tennis ball size hail was reported 10 miles west of Ord. Over 3 inches of rain fell west of town. On the east side of town, a metal shed was destroyed.
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 Aug 3, 2:27 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 327 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005 .SHORT TERM...LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IMAGERY FROM THIS AFTERNOON REVEALS A STRONG UPPER WAVE DIGGING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WHILE A BROAD UPPER RIDGE IS SEEN FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT SITTING FROM SOUTHEAST SD INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. STRONG CAPPING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT HAS KILLED OFF ANY DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION THUS FAR. THE ONLY SIGN OF DEEP CONVECTION AT THIS POINT IS WELL BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. AS THE REGION HEADS INTO THIS EVENING ELEVATED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA AS LARGE SCALE FORCING FROM THE SHORT WAVE MENTIONED ABOVE MOVES INTO THE AREA. THIS SHOULD HELP TO REINFORCE THE FRONT AND PUSH IT INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY MIDNIGHT. EVEN THOUGH LOW LEVEL FORCING SHOULD INCREASE ALONG THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH...CAPPING IN THE WARM SECTOR LOOKS TO BE TOO STRONG TO SUPPORT SURFACE BASED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE ELEVATED CONVECTION NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH OUT OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. GIVEN THE ELEVATED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR...NOT THAT CONCERNED WITH THE SEVERE THREAT FROM THIS CONVECTION. EXPECT THE CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE A SLOW SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH PRECIP COVERAGE DECREASING TOWARD 12Z. THE FRONT IS SHOWN TO SLIDE SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH CONVECTION LINGERING OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND OVER NORTHERN KANSAS INTO THE AFTERNOON. CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN THICK ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPERATURES ON THE COOLER SIDE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S EXPECTED. SUBSIDENCE THEN SETS INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH CLOUDS CLEARING OUT OF THE AREA AND WINDS TURNING LIGHT. SHOULD BE A COOL NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 50S BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY BUT TEMPERATURES START TO REBOUND INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S FOR HIGHS. .LONG TERM....FROM 12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MAIN PROBLEM THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE WARM TEMPERATURES AS THE UPPER RIDGE AGAIN BUILDS AND DOMINATES THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THOUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DO HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES...THEY ARE IN OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH KEEPING THE AREA UNDER THE RIDGE. REMOP ALSO INDICATES AN ABOVE AVERAGE LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...HELPING TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN...WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && 04/CK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 537 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 041200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 537 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NOTED THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A HOLDREGE NEBRASKA TO GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA LINE. THESE STORMS WILL FORM ALONG A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN HAZARD BEING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PLOW INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS EVENING...AND SHOULD TRIGGER MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 9 PM AND OVERNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE IN SOUTH CENTRAL...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY OVER FAR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE LOW WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR A TIME THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT...AND MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NOAA/NWS/MORITZ
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
3 to 3.5 inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours about 8 miles west of Ord.
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