Hail in Nebraska, July 3, 2007

Name: Hail in Nebraska, July 3, 2007
Start: 2007-07-03T19:00
End: 2007-07-03T22:53
Location: Nebraska

July 3, 2007 · NWS GLD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Thunderstorms developed along a slow-moving cold front in eastern Colorado. Eleven tornadoes occurred in eastern Colorado, as well as strong outflow winds.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 happened

The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.

Thunderstorms developed along a slow-moving cold front in eastern Colorado. Eleven tornadoes occurred in eastern Colorado, as well as strong outflow winds. Most tornadoes remained over rural areas. Isolated severe wind and hail reports also occurred in southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

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 Jul 3, 1:33 PM MST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:33 PM MST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
233 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

.DISCUSSION...A PERSISTENT RIDGE WILL CONTINUE WEST OF THE ROCKIES
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A TROUGH AXIS OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE
THROUGH TONIGHT AND BE FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE WHICH WILL LINGER
THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS POPS FOR TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY.

FOR TONIGHT THE PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A DECENT
SHORTWAVE NEAR CYS HEADING SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTHWEST KANSAS.
SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 50S AND TO AROUND 60 ACROSS THE CWA.
NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATE A GOOD MOISTURE PROFILE. STORMS
ALREADY FIRING ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.
LIKELY POPS LOOK REASONABLE. STORM MOVEMENT IS ONLY AROUND 9 KTS AND
WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND AN INCH THERE COULD BE SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...ENOUGH SHEAR AND CAPE
EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PLAN TO MENTION LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND IN ZONES. A SLIGHT CHANCE SHOULD EXIST WEDNESDAY
MORNING WITH REMNANTS OF MCS POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE FAR SOUTHEAST
ZONES. SUBSIDENCE AND MORE STABLE AIR SHOULD INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS DRY TREND SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO SUBSIDENCE CONTINUING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 478 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 11 PM MDT FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA
EXCEPT GRAHAM AND NORTON COUNTIES IN KANSAS.

MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE IN THE UPPER 80S IN THE WEST TO THE
MID 90S IN THE EAST. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER 60S
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

IN THE EXTENDED...THE RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE ROCKIES PER THE
GFS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL FOCUS MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT AND
AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATES AROUND THE HIGH.
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SHOULD HANDLE THIS SCENARIO AT THIS POINT.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE MID/UPPER 90S. A FRONT COMES THROUGH ON
MONDAY WITH ONLY SLIGHT COOLING EXPECTED. MIN TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
IN THE 60S.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH THE
EXCEPTION A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND
NORTHWEST KANSAS. CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR THE STORMS COULD GO DOWN TO
MVFR WITH SOME LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS. TWEB ROUTES 263...273...275 AND
314 WILL BE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH COULD BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR
BEHIND THE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

&&

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

FS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 9:41 AM MST, 9 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1041 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-041415-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1041 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2007 /1141 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...STRONG SURFACE HEATING COMBINED
WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL
GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SINCE THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN THE AREA ON THE 4TH OF
JULY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN A POSSIBILITY IN
THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS TIME...SHEAR IS FORECAST TO BE
WEAKER ALTHOUGH HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BLM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:45 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
445 PM MDT TUE JUL 03 2007

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

0337 PM     TORNADO          3 W SEIBERT             39.30N 102.92W
07/03/2007                   KIT CARSON         CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SJOHNSON

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:52 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
452 PM MDT TUE JUL 03 2007

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

0437 PM     TORNADO          3 W SEIBERT             39.30N 102.92W
07/03/2007                   KIT CARSON         CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. REPORT CORRECTED
            FOR TIME OF EVENT.

&&

SJOHNSON

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:15 PM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
615 PM MDT TUE JUL 03 2007

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

0605 PM     TSTM WND GST     CHEYENNE WELLS          38.82N 102.35W
07/03/2007  M87 MPH          CHEYENNE           CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VISIBILITIES WERE NEAR ZERO DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

&&

SJOHNSON

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:17 PM MST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
617 PM MDT TUE JUL 03 2007

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

0557 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 E CHEYENNE WELLS      38.82N 102.26W
07/03/2007  E60 MPH          CHEYENNE           CO   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

FOLTZ

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:03 PM MST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
703 PM MDT TUE JUL 03 2007

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

0703 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NE WRAY               40.12N 102.17W
07/03/2007  E60 MPH          YUMA               CO   PUBLIC

&&

SJOHNSON

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:41 PM MST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
741 PM MDT TUE JUL 03 2007

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

0733 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 SE HAIGLER            39.94N 101.85W
07/03/2007  E65 MPH          CHEYENNE           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SJOHNSON

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:01 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dundy

When: July 3, 7:00 PM MST
Where: Dundy County, 16 mi N of Benkelman
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.281, -101.530

Hail, Red Willow

When: July 3, 10:53 PM CST
Where: Red Willow County, 1 mi S of Mc Cook
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.185, -100.620

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 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 2007

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: 32053, 32054.