Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2005
Start: 2005-07-25T18:20
End: 2005-07-25T18:20
Location: Nebraska

July 25, 2005 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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.

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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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
245 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THEN COOLDOWN TUESDAY ARE THE MAIN FORECAST
CONCERNS.

LATEST SURFACE CHARTS WERE SHOWING BROAD LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL
NEBRASKA WITH A WARM FRONT ARCING INTO NORTHERN IOWA.  SYNOPTIC
SCALE COLD FRONT WAS ENTERING NORTHERN NEBRASKA.  CONVECTION WAS
BREAKING OUT ALONG BOTH FRONTAL BOUNDARIES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT IN BETWEEN...ONLY LINGERING MID LEVEL SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA.  CLOUD
SHIELD FROM CONVECTION AND WARM ADVECTION COVERED THE NORTHERN THIRD
OF THE CWA WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE HOLDING IN THE MIDDLE 80S...WHILE
SOUTH OF THE CLOUDS TEMPERATURES WERE REACHING THE UPPER 90S.
HIGHER DEW POINTS WERE NOTED NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT WHERE MID 70S
READINGS WERE COMMON...WHILE SOUTH OF WARM FRONT THE WAS STILL JUICY
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.  SURFACE BASED
INSTABILITY WAS HIGHEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...
GENERALLY OVER WESTERN IOWA COUNTIES WHERE CAPES WERE TOPPING 4000
J/KG AS OF 2 PM.  BULK SHEAR WAS ALSO HIGHEST ALONG WARM FRONT FROM
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA.  LOW LEVEL HELICITY...0-1KM
STORM RELATIVE...WAS MAXIMIZED NEAR WARM FRONT IN NORTHWEST AND
NORTHERN IOWA.  ALL THIS POINTS TO DECENT SHOT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FIRING JUST NORTH OF THE CWA ON THE IOWA SIDE OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER...WITH THE CHANCE FOR TORNADOES NEAR THE WARM FRONT.
WOULD ALSO EXPECT LINE OF STORMS TO FIRE NEAR CLOUD/NO CLOUD ZONE
JUST NORTHWEST OF THE OMAHA AND LINCOLN AREAS.

STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT PROGRESS TO THE
SOUTH AS COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS MARCH INTO THE CWA FROM THE
NORTHWEST.  INSTABILITY FORECASTS BEGIN TO WANE LATER THIS EVENING
SO THREAT FOR SEVERE SHOULD DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER
CONTINUED POST FRONTAL SHOWERS/STORMS ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT.  BOTH
NAM AND GFS ARE SIMILAR IN DRIVING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA BY 12Z
TUESDAY.  AFTER THAT...GFS HANGS ON TO PRECIP A LITTLE LONGER IN THE
SOUTH AS FRONT SLOWS DOWN IN RESPONSE TO MID LEVEL WAVE SPREADING
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  WILL PLAY A COMPROMISE FORECAST BETWEEN
NAM AND GFS TIMING...WITH THE SIGNIFICANT RAINS OUT OF THE AREA BY
MORNING BUT CONTINUE A LINGERING CHANCE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY IN
THE SOUTH.

DRASTICALLY COOLER AIR IS STILL FORECAST TO SPILL IN BEHIND THE
FRONT FOR TUESDAY.  TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY IN THE 60S UPSTREAM IN
SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WILL BE OVERHEAD TUESDAY.  MOS HIGHS FOR TUESDAY
HAVE CONTINUED TO DROP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS...SO SEE NO POINT
IN ARGUING TOO MUCH.  EXTENT OF LOW CLOUDS FILTERING IN BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT WILL ALSO HELP TO KEEP TEMPS WELL BELOW NORMAL.

COOL AIR UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO
DROP INTO THE 50S MOST AREAS.  THEN A GRADUAL WARM UP IS FORECAST
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND AS SOUTHERLY FLOW AND RISING
HEIGHTS RETURN TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

HAVE CONTINUED DRY FORECAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  BEST
CHANCES...ALBEIT SLIGHT...FOR MORE CONVECTION APPEAR TO BE THURSDAY
AS GFS DRAGS A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN CWA.  NAM KEEPS
THIS FEATURE NORTH OF THE AREA.  AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHT...WARM
ADVECTION DURING TRANSITION TO UPPER RIDGING MAY SPARK SOME
STORMS...BUT CONFIDENCE AND LACK OF MODEL CONTINUITY PRECLUDE A
MENTION AT THIS TIME.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

NE...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 7 PM CDT NEZ052-053-067-068-091-093.
IA...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 7 PM CDT IAZ069-079-080-090-091.

&&

DERGAN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 4:28 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
528 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050-051-065-066-
078-088>090-092-260530-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-GAGE-
HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON-MONONA IA-
PAWNEE-PIERCE-PLATTE-SALINE-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-STANTON-
THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
528 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS.  AN
ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE...NEAR THE COLD FRONT AND
ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN IOWA COUNTIES OF HARRISON...AND SHELBY
COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING.  STORMS
ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AS SEVERAL LOCATIONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
HAVE HIT OVER 100 DEGREES. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS.   DUE TO THE SHEAR NEAR THE COLD FRONT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...AND LOW LEVEL MOIST CONDITIONS WILL ENHANCE THE
ISOLATED TORNADO POTENTIAL AREA FOR PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA.   THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD LESSEN DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TUESDAY.  BRIEF WINDY GUSTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND WESTERN IOWA TONIGHT AND SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TUESDAY.

IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ052-053-067-068-091-093-260530-
CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-
POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SARPY-
528 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT NEAR THE COLD FRONT.  HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THESE STORMS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING.  STORMS
ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AS SEVERAL LOCATIONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT
HAVE HIT OVER 100 DEGREES. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS.   DUE TO THE SHEAR NEAR THE COLD FRONT AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...AND LOW LEVEL MOIST CONDITIONS WILL ENHANCE THE
ISOLATED TORNADO POTENTIAL AREA FOR PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA.   THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD LESSEN DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TUESDAY.  BRIEF WINDY GUSTS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

A HEAT ADVISORY ALSO CONTINUES IN EFFECT IN AREAS FROM OMAHA SOUTH
TO NEBRASKA CITY AND EAST INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. HIGH TEMPERATURES
CLIMBED FROM 95 TO 102...AND WITH THE HUMIDITY...THE HEAT
INDEX WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED
TUESDAY.

ZAPOTOCNY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:28 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
528 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-051>053-065>068-078-088>093-
260500-

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 684 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
     HARRISON...SHELBY...POTTAWATTAMIE...MILLS...MONTGOMERY...FREMONT
     AND PAGE

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
     WASHINGTON...SAUNDERS...DOUGLAS AND SARPY

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
     CASS...SEWARD...LANCASTER...OTOE...SALINE...NEMAHA...GAGE...
     JOHNSON...JEFFERSON...RICHARDSON AND PAWNEE

JP

Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:57 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
557 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0520 PM     HAIL             4 N VALLEY              41.37N 96.35W
07/25/2005  1.00 INCH        DOUGLAS            NE   PUBLIC

&&

SN

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:45 PM CST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
645 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0635 PM     TSTM WND GST     LINCOLN                 40.82N 96.69W
07/25/2005  63 MPH           LANCASTER          NE   ASOS

            MEASURED BY THE ASOS AT THE LINCOLN AIRPORT.

&&

DEWALD

Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:06 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
706 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0647 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W ASHLAND             41.04N 96.47W
07/25/2005                   LANCASTER          NE   AMATEUR RADIO

            12 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.

&&

DEWALD

Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:09 PM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
709 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0618 PM     HAIL             4 W NEOLA               41.45N 95.69W
07/25/2005  0.75 INCH        POTTAWATTAMIE      IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0648 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E UNDERWOOD           41.39N 95.66W
07/25/2005                   POTTAWATTAMIE      IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MAIN POWER LINE DOWN

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:11 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
711 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W LINCOLN             40.82N 96.73W
07/25/2005                   LANCASTER          NE   PUBLIC

            THREE TO FOUR INCH BRANCHES DOWN

&&

JB

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Saunders

When: July 25, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Saunders County, Mead
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.233, -96.500

What these are

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

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Every storm in Nebraska in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 2005

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: 5467654.