Hail in Nebraska, July 5, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, July 5, 2005
Start: 2005-07-05T15:18
End: 2005-07-05T15:20
Location: Nebraska

July 5, 2005 · NWS CYS · 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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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 1:48 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:48 PM MST, 1 hour 30 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, 5 hours 38 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, 2:10 PM MST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
310 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005

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

0306 PM     HAIL             4 SW GERING             41.79N 103.72W
07/05/2005  1.75 INCH        SCOTTS BLUFF       NE   PUBLIC

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:14 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
314 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005

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

0312 PM     HAIL             GERING                  41.83N 103.67W
07/05/2005  1.00 INCH        SCOTTS BLUFF       NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:34 PM MST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
334 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005

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

0326 PM     HAIL             12 NW HARRISBURG        41.67N 103.90W
07/05/2005  0.88 INCH        BANNER             NE   PUBLIC

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:40 PM MST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
340 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005

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

0336 PM     HAIL             SCOTTSBLUFF             41.87N 103.66W
07/05/2005  0.88 INCH        SCOTTS BLUFF       NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0337 PM     HAIL             SCOTTSBLUFF             41.87N 103.66W
07/05/2005  1.00 INCH        SCOTTS BLUFF       NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:46 PM MST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
346 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005

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

0345 PM     HAIL             5 NW HARRISBURG         41.60N 103.81W
07/05/2005  0.88 INCH        BANNER             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRC

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:57 PM MST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
357 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005

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

0351 PM     HAIL             15 NE SCOTTSBLUFF       42.02N 103.46W
07/05/2005  1.25 INCH        SIOUX              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MRC

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 188 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:19 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Box Butte

When: July 5, 3:18 PM MST to 3:20 PM MST
Where: Box Butte County, 15 mi NW of Alliance
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.250, -103.083

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

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: 5465769.