Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 28, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 28, 2006
Start: 2006-05-28T18:11
End: 2006-05-28T18:11
Location: Nebraska

May 28, 2006 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 May 28, 12:59 PM MST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 12:59 PM MST, 5 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
159 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

.SHORT TERM...THE PARENT LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENTLY UNSTABLE
WEATHER WILL PULL AWAY INTO CANADA OVERNIGHT DRIVING A SURFACE HIGH
THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SEASONABLE AND
PLEASANT WEATHER FOR MEMORIAL DAY.  IN THE MEANTIME...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN ALBANY AND CARBON COUNTIES
THIS HOUR...EXACTLY WHERE THE RUC RESOLVED SOME INSTABILITY IN ITS
18Z RUN...THUS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ITS LATER DEPICTION OF INSTABILITY
SPREADING THROUGH THE CWA AND CLIMAXING IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE
AROUND 00Z.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL EXIST ESPECIALLY IN
THE PANHANDLE WHERE SURFACE CONVERGENCE WILL BE AIDED BY UPPER JET
DYNAMICS.  THINGS SHOULD QUIET DOWN BY 06Z OR SO WHEN THE DRY
SURFACE HIGH WILL MAKE A PUSH THROUGH THE CWA.

.LONG TERM...BY MONDAY NIGHT THE UPPER LOW AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH ARE
WELL NORTH OF THE CWA.  THEN THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SOME MODELS MOVE
A WEAKER SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE REGION...WHILE OTHERS ARE FLATTER
WITH THE FLOW ALOFT.  THE GFS HAS BEEN AND ITS 12Z RUN CONTINUES TO
BE THE STRONGEST...WHILE THE 00Z CANADIAN IS THE FLATTEST OF THE
MODELS.  AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS OVER THE CWA...WEAK
BOUNDARY LAYER UPSLOPE LOOKS TO BE PRESENT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  MOST
MODELS DEVELOP SOME PRECIPITATION OVER THE EAST PART OF THE CWA
MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  THE 06Z DGEX AND NOGAPS
ARE DEPICTING THE PRECIPITATION TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN THE OTHER
MODELS.  A RIDGE ALOFT THEN BUILDS BACK OVER THE ROCKIES STARTING
ON THURSDAY PER MOST MODELS WHICH WILL RETURN THE CWA BACK TO WARM
TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY DRY WEATHER.  MODELS MAINLY DIFFER BY
NEXT WEEKEND WITH THE 06Z GFS MOVING A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TROUGH
OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SUNDAY.  OTHER MODELS STILL
HOLD ONTO THE RIDGE...INCLUDING THE 00Z AND 12Z GFS AND ECMWF.  THE
12Z GFS DOES MOVE A WEAKER SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CWA FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY EVENING.  AT THIS TIME WILL FOLLOW THE 00Z AND 12Z GFS AND
ECMWF AND WILL LEAN TOWARD KEEPING THE CWA DRY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
NEXT SUNDAY WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES.

&&

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

&&

SOWKO/WEILAND

Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 9:11 AM MST, 9 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1011 AM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

NEZ054-055-WYZ059>070-291615-
KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-
SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-
PLATTE-GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
1011 AM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS
IN NIOBRARA AND GOSHEN COUNTIES MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

NEZ001>003-019>021-291615-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-
1011 AM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
THIS EVENING IN THE PANHANDLE. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME QUITE
STRONG...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL...ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING.

SOWKO

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 4:47 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
547 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0510 PM     HAIL             8 E CHUGWATER           41.76N 104.67W
05/28/2006  M0.50 INCH       PLATTE             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0527 PM     HAIL             8 SSE GUERNSEY          42.16N 104.68W
05/28/2006  M0.50 INCH       PLATTE             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 28, 5:02 PM MST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
602 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0556 PM     HAIL             JAY EM                  42.47N 104.36W
05/28/2006  M0.75 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 28, 5:19 PM MST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
619 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0556 PM     HAIL             LINGLE                  42.14N 104.35W
05/28/2006  M0.50 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0557 PM     HAIL             TORRINGTON              42.07N 104.18W
05/28/2006  M0.25 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0612 PM     HAIL             5 SSW YODER             41.85N 104.33W
05/28/2006  M0.88 INCH       GOSHEN             WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 28, 5:49 PM MST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
649 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND GST     25 SSE HARRISON         42.35N 103.69W
05/28/2006  E60 MPH          SIOUX              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0625 PM     HAIL             25 SSE HARRISON         42.35N 103.69W
05/28/2006  M0.75 INCH       SIOUX              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 28, 5:52 PM MST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
652 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0624 PM     TSTM WND GST     SCOTTSBLUFF             41.87N 103.66W
05/28/2006  M63 MPH          SCOTTS BLUFF       NE   ASOS

0630 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 S AGATE              42.27N 103.78W
05/28/2006  E70 MPH          SIOUX              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0645 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAKE MINATARE           41.93N 103.50W
05/28/2006  E70 MPH          SCOTTS BLUFF       NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 28, 6:09 PM MST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
709 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0705 PM     TSTM WND GST     BAYARD                  41.76N 103.32W
05/28/2006  E60 MPH          MORRILL            NE   PUBLIC

            POWER LINES ARCING

&&

AAH

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dawes

When: May 28, 6:11 PM MST
Where: Dawes County, Chadron Arpt
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.833, -103.100

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, May 2006

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: 5505843.