Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- July 4, 6:38 PM MST to 6:40 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 10 mi NNE of Sidney
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -102.917
Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2005
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 4, 2:25 PM MST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:25 PM MST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 325 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 .SHORT TERM...PRIMARY CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE CONVECTION THIS EVENING IN MOST OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WY. PARAMETERS SUCH AS CAPE AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN THOSE AREAS THIS EVENING...WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. REPEAT PERFORMANCE IS POSSIBLE TUE WITH THE STANDARD SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS PROGGED TO AGAIN BE SUPPORTIVE OF AT LEAST SOME SEVERE WEATHER THEN TOO. ACTIVE WEATHER CURRENTLY ONGOING SO WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT. .LONG TERM...FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...RIDGE BUILDS IN WEDNESDAY WITH WEAK WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. SFC SOUTHEAST RETURN FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE NE PANHANDLE WHERE SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO BUILD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH THE DGEX BEING THE BULLISH ON PRECIP CHANCES FRIDAY AFTERNOON...PERHAPS DUE TO A MORE EASTERLY WIND COMPONENT AS COMPARED TO THE GFS. NEVERTHELESS....EXPECT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. DEMKO FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH WARM TEMPS AND LIMITED TSTM CHANCES. HARD TO NOT MENTION ANY TSTMS THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH MOUNTAINS INVOLVED BUT WILL LEAVE OUT EXCEPT FOR EARLIER SMALL CHANCE THAT WAS PUT IN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. 06Z DGEX LOOKS TOO STRONG ON ITS QPF SATURDAY AS IT DID FOR FRIDAY. JLH && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 9:47 AM MST, 8 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1047 AM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 NEZ001-003-019>021-054-055-WYZ067>070-051700- SIOUX-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- 1047 AM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WILL MOVE INTO MOST OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY...THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP TUESDAY. THE STORMS WILL AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ON WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LESS NUMEROUS...FOLLOWED BY DRY AND WARM WEATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NEZ002-WYZ059>066-051700- DAWES-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- 1047 AM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTHEAST WYOMING...THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SNOWY AND LARAMIE RANGES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT GUSTY WINDS AND COPIOUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WIDELY SCATTERED LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. DRY AND WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE FORECAST FOR LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING MOUNTAINS FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:52 PM MST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
452 PM MDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL 15 NNE CHEYENNE 41.35N 104.68W
07/04/2005 1.75 INCH LARAMIE WY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MRCLocal storm report, Jul 4, 4:18 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
518 PM MDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 4 S ALBIN 41.36N 104.10W
07/04/2005 1.00 INCH LARAMIE WY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MRCSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 4:47 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 547 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 WYZ067>068-050100- GOSHEN-PLATTE- 547 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 598 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN WYOMING THIS CANCELS 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING GOSHEN... PLATTE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GUERNSEY... TORRINGTON AND WHEATLAND. NEZ001-003-019>021-054>055-WYZ066-069-050300- BANNER-BOX BUTTE-CHEYENNE-KIMBALL-MORRILL-SCOTTS BLUFF-SIOUX- LARAMIE RANGE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- 547 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 598 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BANNER... BOX BUTTE... CHEYENNE... KIMBALL... MORRILL... SCOTTS BLUFF... SIOUX... IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING LARAMIE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...BAYARD...BRIDGEPORT... CHEYENNE...GERING...HARRISBURG...HARRISON...KIMBALL... SCOTTSBLUFF AND SIDNEY. WEILAND
Local storm report, Jul 4, 5:14 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
614 PM MDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0613 PM HAIL 10 NW KIMBALL 41.33N 103.80W
07/04/2005 0.75 INCH KIMBALL NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MWEILANDLocal storm report, Jul 4, 5:24 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
624 PM MDT MON JUL 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM HAIL 24 N CHEYENNE 41.49N 104.79W
07/04/2005 0.88 INCH LARAMIE WY OTHER FEDERAL
&&
MWEILANDSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 5:53 PM MST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 653 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 NEZ001-003-019>020-054-WYZ066-069-050200- BANNER-BOX BUTTE-KIMBALL-SCOTTS BLUFF-SIOUX-LARAMIE RANGE- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS- 653 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 598 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NEBRASKA THIS CANCELS 5 COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BANNER... BOX BUTTE... KIMBALL... SCOTTS BLUFF... SIOUX... IN WYOMING THIS CANCELS 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING LARAMIE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...CHEYENNE...GERING... HARRISBURG...HARRISON...KIMBALL AND SCOTTSBLUFF. NEZ021-055-050300- CHEYENNE-MORRILL- 653 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 598 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE CHEYENNE... MORRILL... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAYARD...BRIDGEPORT AND SIDNEY. WEILAND
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:37 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 4, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 4, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 4, 2005
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5465764.