Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 2005
Start: 2005-05-23T16:02
End: 2005-05-23T16:30
Location: Nebraska

May 23, 2005 · NWS GLD · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 1:23 PM MST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 1:23 PM MST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
223 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

.DISCUSSION...THE 18Z SURFACE CHART PLACES A TROUGH FROM
SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST
COLORADO. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING CU DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE
TROUGH AXIS FROM LIC NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN YUMA COUNTY. THE
COMPOSITE RADAR LOOP SHOWING SOME -TSRA AT THE WESTERN END OF THIS
AXIS WEST OF LIC. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
ROCKIES. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A SHORTWAVE NEAR THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF COLORADO. DEWPOINTS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS ARE IN THE
LOWER/MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE BLOWING INTO THE FORECAST AREA
FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 60S.

THE MAIN ISSUES FOR THIS FORECAST ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
THE TROUGH AXIS TO THE WEST WILL FOCUS MOISTURE STREAMING IN FROM
THE SOUTH. THE ABOVE MENTIONED SHORTWAVE WILL PROVIDE FORCING AS
INSTABILITY INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON. CAPE VALUES SHOULD RANGE FROM
AROUND 1200 J/KG IN THE FAR WEST TO AROUND 2800 ACROSS
KANSAS/NEBRASKA COUNTIES. THE TROUGH AXIS MAKES LITTLE MOVEMENT TO
THE EAST TONIGHT SO THIS SAME SCENARIO WILL EXIST AGAIN ON
TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. PREFER THE MAV POPS OVER THE MET THROUGH
TUESDAY. GUIDANCE POPS ARE HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT 50 PERCENT FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT BUT AM NOT READY TO GO HIGHER AT THIS POINT.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE TROUGH AXIS
SHIFTS EAST. HIGH PRESSURE/SUBSIDENCE AND A STABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BUILD IN WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY
HAVE LOWERED POPS TO NIL THROUGH THIS PERIOD. GUIDANCE IS CLOSE ON
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES SO WILL GO WITH A BLEND BUT LEANING TOWARD THE
MAV FOR MIN TEMPERATURES AND THE MET FOR MAX TEMPERATURES.

DAYS 4-7...FORECAST CONTINUES TO LOOK DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE AND ALOFT RESIDES OVER THE REGION. THE RIDGE FLATTENS
SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY BUT TOO FAR OUT TO COMMIT TO ANY SUBSTANTIAL
POPS. MAX TEMPERATURES WARM UP FROM THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER/MID 80S
BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.KS...NONE.
.NE...NONE.
.CO...NONE.

&&

FS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 9:20 AM MST, 6 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1020 AM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241200-
CHEYENNE KS-CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-DECATUR KS-DUNDY NE-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS-
GREELEY KS-HITCHCOCK NE-KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-LOGAN KS-NORTON KS-
RAWLINS KS-RED WILLOW NE-SHERIDAN KS-SHERMAN KS-THOMAS KS-WALLACE KS-
WICHITA KS-YUMA COUNTY CO-
1020 AM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI STATE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SLIDE INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF
THE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS FRONT NEARS THE
AREA...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT MOISTURE INTO THE AREA
RESULTING IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
BEGIN TO DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT) MAINLY WEST AND NORTH OF A
CULBERTSON TO CHEYENNE WELLS LINE...THEN DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

INITIALLY VERY LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER...DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES STORMS WILL BEGIN TO MERGE INTO A
LINE AND THE MAIN THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO THOSE ON MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
TO SPAWN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION.  SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

WEDNESDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER...ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT DECREASED CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION AS COOLER AND DRYER AIR MOVE INTO THE
REGION BEHIND A FRONT.  DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN
ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT).

JRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 3:32 PM MST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
432 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

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

0415 PM     HAIL             2 SE JOES               39.63N 102.65W
05/23/2005  2.75 INCH        YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PAINTER

Local storm report, May 23, 3:33 PM MST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
433 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

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

0433 PM     HAIL             10 S WRAY               39.93N 102.23W
05/23/2005  1.25 INCH        YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MMEHLE

Local storm report, May 23, 3:35 PM MST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
435 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

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

0420 PM     HAIL             YUMA                    40.12N 102.72W
05/23/2005  0.75 INCH        YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PAINTER

Local storm report, May 23, 3:36 PM MST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
436 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

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

0425 PM     HAIL             3 W VERNON              39.93N 102.38W
05/23/2005  1.75 INCH        YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL IS COVERING THE GROUND

&&

MMEHLE

Local storm report, May 23, 3:38 PM MST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
438 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

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

0438 PM     HAIL             7 SE WRAY               40.01N 102.13W
05/23/2005  1.75 INCH        YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MMEHLE

Local storm report, May 23, 3:53 PM MST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
453 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

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

0452 PM     HAIL             BURLINGTON              39.31N 102.27W
05/23/2005  0.75 INCH        KIT CARSON         CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MMEHLE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dundy

When: May 23, 4:02 PM MST
Where: Dundy County, 22 mi NNW of Haigler
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.317, -102.100

Hail, Dundy

When: May 23, 4:30 PM MST
Where: Dundy County, 20 mi N of Haigler
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.300, -101.933

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, May 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: 5453533, 5453534.