Hail in Nebraska, September 12, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, September 12, 2005
Start: 2005-09-12T20:43
End: 2005-09-12T20:43
Location: Nebraska

September 12, 2005 · NWS OAX · 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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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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 12, 6:34 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 6:34 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
734 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

.DISCUSSION...

...MESOSCALE UPDATE....

00Z SUBJECTIVE SFC ALYS INDCD LO NR KBVN WITH A DRYLINE SWD INTO
N-CNTRL NEB. SFC CDFNT EXTNDD FM NR KBKX SWWD INTO KONL AND WAS
MOVING TO THE SE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOP ALONG THE CDFNT FM SERN
SD INTO CNTRL NEB AND THEN INTO NRN KS ALONG THESE VARIOUS
BOUNDARIES. THUNDERSTORMS TO THIS POINT HAVE REMAINED FAIRLY
ISOLATED IN NATURE...MAINLY DUE TO THAT THIS ACTIVITY IN NEB IS MORE
DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND THE CAPPING INVERSION NEVER TOTALLY ERODED PER
LATEST VARIOUS ANALYSIS PRODUCTS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESS...WLD
EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO INCREASE IN THE BATCH OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CNTRL NEB AS IT LIFTS NEWD INTO NE NEB. THE
ACTIVITY OVR SRN NEB IS MORE TIED TO THE BOUNDARY WHERE THE BEST
CONVERGENCE IS AND THUS DO NOT FEEL THIS WL MAKE IT INTO OUR CWA.
SVR WX SEEMS POSSIBLE WITH ACTIVITY THAT WILL MOVE INTO OUR NW AFTER
815 PM AS MUCAPE OF 2000-3000 J/KG EXISTS WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 40
KT. ALTHOUGH LONG LIVED SUPERCELL OVR VALLEY COUNTY HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO...FEEL THREAT IS MORE OF A WIND/HAIL THREAT AS
IT MOVES INTO OUR AREA DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE LOSING SFC
INSTABILITY WITH THE LOSS OF THE SUN...AND STORM
COVERAGE/INTERACTION IS LIKELY TO INCREASE IN OUR AREA. IN
ADDITION...FREEZING LEVELS REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
AND IT WILL TAKE A SUPERCELL WITH SUSTAINED ROTATION TO GET ANY HAIL
LARGER THAN QUARTERS. WITH MORE STORM MERGERS IN OUR AREA...FEEL
LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS NOT MUCH OF A THREAT.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.

&&

BOUSTEAD

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 4:01 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
501 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-131230-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-
FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON-
MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE-
PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-
SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
501 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A
LINE FROM ALBION TO WAYNE NEBRASKA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE MAIN THREAT
TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL TRACK NORTHEAST
INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A COLD FRONT TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO
SOUTHWEST IOWA AFTER TOWARD DAWN. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER
THIS EVENING APPEARS TO BE ALONG...AND AHEAD OF THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LIMITED THIS EVENING BY A LAYER OF WARM AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE WHICH
MAY ACT TO CAP MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. DUE TO A
MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND SUFFICIENT SHEAR...SEVERE WEATHER
IS CAPABLE FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL
OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION .

BOUSTEAD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 12, 7:23 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
823 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

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

0810 PM     HAIL             6 NNW ORCHARD           42.42N 98.29W
09/12/2005  1.25 INCH        ANTELOPE           NE   PUBLIC

&&

JB

Local storm report, Sep 12, 7:34 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
834 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

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

0820 PM     HAIL             12 W CREIGHTON          42.46N 98.14W
09/12/2005  0.75 INCH        KNOX               NE   PUBLIC

&&

JB

Local storm report, Sep 12, 7:58 PM CST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
858 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

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

0856 PM     HAIL             6 WSW PLAINVIEW         42.32N 97.90W
09/12/2005  1.00 INCH        ANTELOPE           NE   PUBLIC

&&

JB

Local storm report, Sep 12, 8:02 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
902 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

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

0859 PM     HAIL             BRUNSWICK               42.34N 97.97W
09/12/2005  0.88 INCH        ANTELOPE           NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JB

Local storm report, Sep 12, 8:16 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
916 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

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

0908 PM     TSTM WND GST     PLAINVIEW               42.35N 97.79W
09/12/2005  60 MPH           PIERCE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE ALSO FELL WITH THE WIND.

&&

JB

Local storm report, Sep 12, 8:23 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
923 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

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

0922 PM     HAIL             2 NW BRUNSWICK          42.36N 98.00W
09/12/2005  0.88 INCH        ANTELOPE           NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JB

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cedar

When: September 12, 8:43 PM CST
Where: Cedar County, Fordyce
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 42.700, -97.350

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, September 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: 5479059.