1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
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 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
429 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL 7 SW ALLIANCE 42.03N 102.97W
07/05/2005 0.75 INCH BOX BUTTE NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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MRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
436 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0432 PM HAIL 10 SW HEMINGFORD 42.22N 103.21W
07/05/2005 0.75 INCH BOX BUTTE NE PUBLIC
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MRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
440 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM HAIL BUSHNELL 41.23N 103.89W
07/05/2005 1.00 INCH KIMBALL NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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MRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
442 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0441 PM HAIL ALLIANCE 42.10N 102.87W
07/05/2005 1.75 INCH BOX BUTTE NE COUNTY OFFICIAL
REPORTED TOWARD SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN
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MRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
451 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM HAIL 7 N HEMINGFORD 42.42N 103.08W
07/05/2005 1.00 INCH BOX BUTTE NE TRAINED SPOTTER
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MRCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
454 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM HAIL 1 S ALLIANCE 42.09N 102.87W
07/05/2005 1.25 INCH BOX BUTTE NE PUBLIC
HAIL BETWEEN QUARTER AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE
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MRCThe Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado reported for a brief time over open country.
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