Hail in Nebraska, September 7, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, September 7, 2005
Start: 2005-09-07T18:15
End: 2005-09-07T18:18
Location: Nebraska

September 7, 2005 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 7, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
230 PM MDT WED SEP 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING. PRONOUNCED DRYLINE HAS
FORMED ROUGHLY JUST EAST OF I-25. DEW POINTS ARE IN THE 60S ACROSS
MOST OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND SURFACE BASED CAPES HAVE RISEN TO
OVER 2000 J/KG. WE ARE SEEING A CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT DOES DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF REACHING
SEVERE THRESHOLDS AS THE DRYLINE INCHES TOWARDS THE NEBRASKA BORDER.
DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD TOMORROW AND OUT OF THE
FORECAST AREA. WHILE THERE IS SOME INSTABILITY REMAINING...THE
SEVERE THREAT IS DIMINISHED. AGAIN...CANNOT ENVISION MORE THAN
ISOLATED RAINFALL WITH THE LACK OF ANY MID/UPPER LEVEL FORCING.
PANHANDLE HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE QUITE A BIT WARMER THAN TODAY UNDER
THE DRIER REGIME.

.LONG TERM...SW FLOW WILL OCCUR ALOFT FRI AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS
INTO THE PAC NW.  WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AT THE SURFACE
AS SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  LOW LEVELS WILL BE
DRY...HOWEVER SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE
AREA.  LIS WILL BE FROM 0 TO -3 EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH CAPE VALUES OVER 1000 J/KG.  WILL MENTION A CHANCE
OF LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AREA.
FOR SAT AND SUN...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITH
INCREASED MID LEVEL MOISTURE.   WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE
DAY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR BOTH DAYS.  THE MAIN UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE PAC NW WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE WEST FROM MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH THE TROUGH AXIS MOVING INTO WRN WY.  THE
TROUGH WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA.  SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE
ALOFT OVER THE CWA DURING THIS TIME.  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT.  A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED EACH DAY.  HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD
WILL BE AROUND NORMAL.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

POMEROY/KMD

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 9:23 AM MST, 8 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1023 AM MDT WED SEP 7 2005

NEZ001>003-019>021-055-WYZ060-081200-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-CHEYENNE-
NIOBRARA-
1023 AM MDT WED SEP 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. STORMS MAY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER
AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END BY 9 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH
DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

NEZ054-WYZ059-061>070-081200-
KIMBALL-CONVERSE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN-
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
1023 AM MDT WED SEP 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED WEAK THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

.THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH
DAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sioux

When: September 7, 6:15 PM MST to 6:18 PM MST
Where: Sioux County, 20 mi SE of Harrison
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.483, -103.583

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5471578.