Hail, Holt
- When
- September 17, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, Stuart
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -99.133
Hail in Nebraska, September 17, 2005
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 17, 1:30 PM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 1:30 PM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 230 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2005 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH FIRST 72 HOURS. HAVE USED A BLEND FOR FORECAST. MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE SYSTEM SUNDAY OVER NORTHERN PLAINS. ETA MORE AGRESSIVE WITH WAVE MOVING IT ALONG CANADIAN BORDER AND KEEPING MOST ENERGY NORTH OVER THE DAKOTAS. BOTH MODELS HAVE BEEN OVER DOING PRECIPITATION FIELDS LAST 3 DAYS. WITH EARLY MORNING NAM TIMING FROPA WILL NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO SEVERE WEATHER. BEST DYNAMICS...CAPE THETA E RIDGE SB BASED INSTABILITY TO THE EAST OF FORECAST AREA. THIS IN LINE WITH SWODY1. HAVE RETAINED SCHC NORTH AND EAST CWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. COULD BE SOME ISOLATED ALONG FRONT IN THE AM BUT SHOULD BE HIGHLY ISOLATED IN NATURE DUE TO MOISTURE AVAILABILITY. BOTH MODELS MOVING SYSTEM THROUGH QUICKER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. HAVE ENDED PRECIP CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. COOLER AIR MOVING IN ON MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 70S FOR THE MOST PART. H5 HIGH OVER SOUTHERN CONUS WILL HELP TO KEEP FORECAST AREA IN NEARLY ZONAL FLOW WITH FAST MOVING SYSTEMS ALONG CANADIAN BORDER AND SUPPRESSING MOISTURE RETURN INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. TIMING OF SYSTEMS WILL BE DIFFICULT. HAVE REMOVED PRECIPITATION CHANCES FROM EXTENDED AND WITH RIDGE BUILDING INTO FORECAST AREA HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SEASON. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && POWER
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 2:28 PM CST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 328 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2005 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-182030- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 328 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2005 /228 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE BOUNDARY PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR LIFT. THE POSITION OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL DETERMINE THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS TIME...AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM AINSWORTH TO BROKEN BOW WILL BE THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD THE BOUNDARY LIE FURTHER EAST...THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY. WITH AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY EXPECTED...ISOLATED SEVERE WIND AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A HAZARD...ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO WILDFIRE IGNITION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) JMC
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:49 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, September 17, 2005
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, September 17, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 17, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 17, 2005
- Hail in Virginia, September 17, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 17, 2005
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, September 17, 2005
- Strong Wind in Vermont, September 17, 2005
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5468743.