Hail on Date

Hail in Lincoln on Friday, July 28, 2023

The Storm Prediction Center logged 7 hail reports in Lincoln on Friday, July 28, 2023, between 7:03 pm and 7:23 pm CDT, in 1 of the metro's 2 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 5 S Lincoln (Lancaster County) at 7:16 pm. NOAA radar flagged 112 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 67 rated a 100% chance of hail and 52 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

7spotter hail reports in the metro
1.75 inlargest reported, 5 S Lincoln
112radar hail signatures inside the metro, 67 rated 100%
2.25 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Lincoln counties with 112 radar hail signatures and 7 spotter hail reports on July 28, 2023 Lancaster Seward 1.75 in, 5 S Lincoln
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 2 places in Lancaster County, named as the National Weather Service described them.

Every hail report logged that day

Times are Central Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
7:03 pm1.001 N LincolnLancaster(OAX)
7:07 pm1.001 W LincolnLancaster(OAX)
7:09 pm1.755 SSW LincolnLancasterGolf Ball hail at US 77 and Warlick Blvd in Lincoln. (OAX)
7:10 pm1.505 SW LincolnLancaster(OAX)
7:16 pm1.755 S LincolnLancasterCorrects previous hail report from 5 S Lincoln. Golf Ball Hail at 32nd St and Pine Lake Road. (OAX)
7:17 pm1.005 S LincolnLancasterReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX)
7:23 pm1.255 N RocaLancasterReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

112 signatures from 3 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 67 were rated 100% and 12 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KUEX44302272.25 in6:13 pm10:27 pm
KOAX36191752.25 in6:11 pm10:27 pm
KTWX32181301.75 in6:21 pm10:31 pm

Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.

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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Lincoln when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 2 counties (Lancaster and Seward counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.