17 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 1:15 AM MST, 14 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 315 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... U/A PLOTS SHOWING ONE UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN GREAT LAKES WITH ANOTHER LOW SPINNING OFF PAC NW COAST AND ASSOC TROF EXTENDING INTO BAJA...IN BETWEEN...RIDGE RUNNING ALONG THE DIVIDE. RIDGE MOVES OVHD TODAY DRAGGING IN WARM AIR OUT OF DESERT SW WITH TEMPS TOPPING OUT IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S TODAY. COMBINATION OF STANDING WATER AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BOOST LLVL MOISTURE SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE LATE MORN/AFT. TEMPS IN S.KS INCREASING LAST FEW HOURS AND PROFILERS SHOWING JET PUSHING THIS NORTHWARD. MUCAPE READING BY LATE AFTERNOON COULD REACH UP TO 4000 IN EASTERN CWA ACCORDING TO BUFKIT SNDGS WITH LITTLE CIN INPLACE. MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE INCREASING AND WITH LACK OF SFC FOCUS WILL LEAVE POPS IN LOW CATEGORY FOR NOW BUT DAY SHIFT MAY RE-EVALUTATE WITH VIS SAT DATA. WILL BE WEAK DRYLINE IN WESTERN CWA AND WILL PUT IN ISO POPS TO COVER WITH WEAKER MID LEVEL WAVE MOVING OUT OF CO. STRONG LVL JET AGAIN TONIGHT AS HGHT LOWER AHEAD OF WESTERN TROF BUT NOSE IS POINTED INTO SD WHERE SFC LOW AND WARM FRONT WITH LEAD TO BETTER ELEVATED CHANCES. TUESDAY COULD BE INTERESTING WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUING TO KEEP MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO REGION. FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO AT LEAST NW THIRD OF CWA...STALLS THEN PUSHES NORTH AGAIN AS ANOTHER SFC LOW PUSHES OUT OF NE COLORADO. NORTHERN/EASTERN CWA WILL BE UNDER GUN WITH WHERE MUCAPES RUNNING IN THE 4-5K RANGE. TRIPLE POINT LOOKS TO REMAIN IN SD WHERE STRONGER SHEAR ALSO EXISTS. IN SW CWA WARMER MID LEVEL MOVES IN BEHIND UPPER WAVE SO POPS TAPERED SOUTHWARD. WESTERN TROF PUSHES ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS WED SENDING STRONGER FRONT SOUTHWARD AND COOLING TEMPS DOWN. HOWEVER CONVECTION COULD REMAIN HOT ALONG AND NORTH OF FRONT OVERNIGHT WITH POPS RETAINED. SHOULD REMAIN ACTIVE REMAINDER OF WEEK WITH SW FLOW IN PLACE EJECTING ENERGY ONTO PLAINS. FATE OF FRONT UNCERTAIN ATTM AND DAILY PLACEMENT MOST LIKELY WILL DEPEND ON AMOUNT OF CONVECTION EACH DAY SO NOT BIG CHANGES TO POPS/TEMPS THROUGH REMAINDER OF FCST NEEDED. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-071100- ARTHUR NE-BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-DEUEL NE- EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE-GARFIELD NE-GRANT NE- HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE- LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE- WESTERN CHERRY NE-WHEELER NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT... BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS... GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN... NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER... SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE 331 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT VERY WARM...MUGGY AIR HAS FILTER INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. WIND SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ON TUESDAY...A SURFACE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. ABUNDANT SURFACE MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS FROM LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SURFACE FRONT. ON WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM OGALLALA TO AINSWORTH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE LOCATION AND EXTENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WILL BECOME BETTER DEFINED AS WE NEAR MIDWEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MASEK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 312 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-094-070400- ARTHUR NE-CHASE NE-DEUEL NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE- GRANT NE-HAYES NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE- MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...BIG SPRINGS...CHAPPELL...CURTIS... GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN... NORTH PLATTE...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...STAPLETON... THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE 312 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 TORNADO WATCH 420 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM MDT) INCLUDING THE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES SHERIDAN...CHERRY...GARDEN...GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS...ARTHUR... MCPHERSON...LOGAN...DEUEL...KEITH...PERKINS...LINCOLN...CHASE... HAYES...FRONTIER. MASEK
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
17 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado from a supercell storm made a brief touchdown over open rangeland. Several storm chasers recorded the tornado as it touched down.
Several storm chasers followed the supercell storm and recorded the tornado development. The tornado broke off or uprooted numerous trees, destroyed one small shed, peeled off the roof of another outbuilding, and damaged shingles on a home.
The brief tornado touched down over open rangeland.
A supercell storm spawned a brief tornado touchdown over open rangeland.
The tornado touched down briefly over open rangeland.
Winds uprooted large trees and broke off large tree limbs.
Large hail broke windshields and heavily damaged vehicles.
The hailstones damaged shingles on a home.
The winds tore flashing off a house.
Hail damaged roofs, siding, and windows on homes and also did minor body damage to vehicles.
Lightning struck the Nebraska Public Power District substation just east of the Mount Hope Cemetary in Valentine. The strike broke an insulator causing an 8 minute power outage for most of Cherry County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 2005Warnings in Nebraska, June 2005
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: 5453209, 5453210, 5453212, 5453211, 5453213, 5453214, 5453217, 5453215, 5453218, 5453216, 5453219, 5453323, 5453324, 5453325, 5453220, 5453221, 5453222, 5453326, 5453327, 5453328, 5453329, 5453330, 5453331, 5453332, 5453333.