Nebraska, 2005

Hail in Nebraska, July 11, 2005

July 11, 2005 · NWS LBF · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 1:27 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:27 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
328 PM MON JUL 11 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MOSDELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT TODAY HAVE USED A BLEND FOR FORECAST.
CONVECTION FIRING ALL AROUND WITH TROUGH TO THE EAST AND DIFFUSE
FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST. VERY UNSTABLE THIS PM WITH BEST THETA E,
CAPES OVER SOUTHWEST ZONES. LLJ NOT PROMISING TONIGHT. EXPECT
CONVECTION TO MOVE IN FROM WEST AND ALONG DIFUSE FRONT AS IT BEGINS
TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT. LOSS OF HEATING WILL BE PRIMARY
CONCERN WITH AMOUNT OF CONVECTION. SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL
LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AGAIN. RIDGE
BEGINS TO BUILD IN TUESDAY NIGHT WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES WEST ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DRY CONDITIONS.

EXTENDED THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO
FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY WITHY TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
BASED ON THICKNESSES AND 850 MB TEMPS. MODELS HAVE VARIED SOMEWHAT
ON FRIDAY SYSTEM WITH ADVANCING SURFACE TROUGH. 700MB TEMPS INDICATE
A GOOD CAP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HAVE LEFT DRY FOR
NOW WITH CAP IN PLACE H5 TROUGH APPROACHES FROM WEST WITH SURFACE
TROUGH BUILDING IN ALONG THE FRONT RANGE ON SATURDAY. COOL FRONT
DRIVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH JUST SLIGHT COOL DOWN
INTO THE UPPER 80S. HAVE LEFT SUNDAY DRY FOR NOW BUT BEGAN COOL DOWN
TREND WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

POWER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 1:15 PM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
315 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-121030-
ARTHUR NE-BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-DEUEL NE-
EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE-GARFIELD NE-GRANT NE-
HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE-
LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE-
WESTERN CHERRY NE-WHEELER NE-
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
316 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA AS A WEAK COLD FRONT LINGERS NEAR THE NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDER AND A SURFACE TROUGH PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN
COLORADO. OVERNIGHT...CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN COLORADO MAY
SPREAD EAST INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA...AFFECTING LOCATIONS MAINLY WEST
OF HIGHWAY 83. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IN SLOW MOVING STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WARM DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

CDC/JMC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:54 PM MST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
354 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

NEZ004-005-022-023-035-056>058-069-094-120400-
ARTHUR NE-CHASE NE-DEUEL NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE-GARDEN NE-GRANT NE-
KEITH NE-PERKINS NE-SHERIDAN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...BIG SPRINGS...CHAPPELL...GORDON...
GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...IMPERIAL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...
RUSHVILLE AND VALENTINE
354 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 635 VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM
MDT) FOR THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA...HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT (10 PM MDT). THE
COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
ARE...SHERIDAN...GARDEN...DEUEL...CHERRY...GRANT...ARTHUR...KEITH...P
ERKINS...AND CHASE.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS.

BUTTLER

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Grant

When
July 11, 4:35 PM MST
Where
Grant County, 15 mi SE of Hyannis
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.850, -101.567

Hail, Garden

When
July 11, 5:45 PM MST
Where
Garden County, 38 mi N of Lewellen
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.883, -102.150

Hail, Garden

When
July 11, 6:50 PM MST
Where
Garden County, 10 mi NE of Oshkosh
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.517, -102.200

A NWS cooperative observer reported hail accumulation of 1.5 inches on the road.

Hail, Garden

When
July 11, 7:05 PM MST to 7:08 PM MST
Where
Garden County, 10 mi NE of Oshkosh
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
41.517, -102.200

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5451950, 5451951, 5451952, 5451953.