Hail, Scotts Bluff
- When
- July 5, 2:06 PM MST to 2:13 PM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff County, 4 mi SW of Gering
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.783, -103.717
1 inch to 1.75 inch diameter hail.
Hail in Nebraska, July 5, 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 5, 1:48 PM MST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:48 PM MST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 248 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 .SHORT TERM...SCATTERED TSTMS...SOME SEVERE...EXPECTED THRU THIS EVENING PER CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS...SPC DAY 1 OTLK AND THE SWOMCD...WHICH LOOK GOOD. THANK YOU TO SPC FOR EXCELLENT HEADS UP WITH PRODUCTS. SOMEWHAT MITIGATING FACTOR FOR AREAL TSTM COVERAGE WILL BE THE LOCATION OF THE PASSING SHORTWAVE TROF AND LARGE SCALE DESCENT AS EVIDENCED BY QG ANALYSIS...WHICH WILL LIKELY KEEP GREATER COVERAGE OF TSTMS EAST AND SOUTH OF OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. SEVERE STORMS MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE WRN NEB PNHDL PER CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS. LESS TSTM AREAL COVERAGE WED AFTN WITH WARMING ALOFT. RUBIN .LONG TERM...FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...FEW SUBTLE MODEL DIFFERENCES CONVECTIVE WISE EACH EVENING AS ETA MORE BULLISH ON CONVECTIVE INITIATION ESPECIALLY TOMORROW NIGHT OVER THE BLACK HILLS WHICH PROPAGATES SSE INTO OUR NE ZONES. THREW A SLIGHT CHANCE OF -TSRA IN OUR NE ZONES FOR TOMORROW NIGHT...ATTM THREAT MARGINAL AT BEST. ALOFT...UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK MINIMIZING CONVECTION DUE TO WAA ALOFT PLACING A DECENT CAP IN THE MIDLEVELS. IN RESPONSE TO UPPER RIDGING...EXPECT TEMPS TO INCREASE AS WELL. PAC NW TROF DEEPENS OFF WEST COAST SATURDAY MIGRATING RIDGE AXIS OFF INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...THAT BEING SAID...AREA REMAINS UNDER W/NW FLOW ALOFT AS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS CONTINUE. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...WEAK SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE MON BEFORE BECOMING MORE ZONAL TUE. OVERALL UPPER FLOW PATTERN IS RIDGY WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORCING OR DYNAMICS. EVEN THE NORMAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN OF AFTERNOON/EVENING INSTABILITY LOOKS TAME WITH RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES AT MID LEVELS SERVING TO CAP THE ATMOSPHERE AND PRECLUDE CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM TO HOT WITH HEIGHTS AND THICKNESS VALUES SOMEWHAT ABOVE NORMAL EVEN FOR JULY. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 9:40 AM MST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1040 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-061130- SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL- CHEYENNE- 1040 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OR DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ADDITIONALLY...THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SOME LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE STRONG. ON THURSDAY...A FEW WEAKER LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY DRY AND WARMER WEATHER FRIDAY AND BEYOND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WYZ060-067>070-061130- NIOBRARA-PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS- 1040 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SOME LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. ONE OR TWO OF THEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG. ON THURSDAY...A FEW WEAKER LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY DRY AND WARMER WEATHER FRIDAY AND BEYOND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WYZ059-061>066-061130- CONVERSE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE- 1040 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RUBIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:54 AM MST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
954 AM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL 6 S HARRISBURG 41.46N 103.74W
07/04/2005 1.00 INCH BANNER NE TRAINED SPOTTER
OCCURRED FROM 1800 TO 1815 COVERING THE GROUND. MINOR
CROP DAMAGE REPORTED.
&&
JCDSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 12:26 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 126 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 NEZ001>003-019>021-054>055-WYZ059>060-064-066>069-060300- BANNER-BOX BUTTE-CHEYENNE-DAWES-KIMBALL-MORRILL-SCOTTS BLUFF- SIOUX-CONVERSE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-GOSHEN-LARAMIE RANGE- CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-NIOBRARA-PLATTE- 126 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 606 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BANNER... BOX BUTTE... CHEYENNE... DAWES... KIMBALL... MORRILL... SCOTTS BLUFF... SIOUX... IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL WYOMING CONVERSE... NIOBRARA... IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING GOSHEN... LARAMIE... PLATTE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...BAYARD...BRIDGEPORT... CHADRON...CHEYENNE...DOUGLAS...GERING...GLENROCK...GUERNSEY... HARRISBURG...HARRISON...KIMBALL...LUSK...SCOTTSBLUFF...SIDNEY... TORRINGTON AND WHEATLAND. RUBIN
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 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
- Hurricane in Louisiana, July 5 to 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Mississippi, July 5 to 6, 2005
- Storm Surge in Louisiana, July 5 to 6, 2005
- Storm Surge in Mississippi, July 5 to 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, July 5 to 6, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 5, 2005
- Wildfire in California, July 5 to 9, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 5, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Florida, July 5 to 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm in Florida, July 5 to 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 5, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 5, 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: 5465765.