Hail in Lincoln on Thursday, April 23, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 18 hail reports in Lincoln on Thursday, April 23, 2026, between 3:05 am and 3:15 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 2 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 5 SE Malcolm (Lancaster County) at 2:28 pm. NOAA radar flagged 101 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 56 rated a 100% chance of hail and 51 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Lancaster and Seward counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Lincoln 12 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Malcolm 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Pleasant Dale 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Waverly 1 report, up to 1.00 in
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.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:05 am | 1.25 | 3 NE Lincoln | Lancaster | Large amount of hail. Quarter to half dollar size. Quickly melting. (OAX) |
| 2:17 pm | 1.75 | Pleasant Dale | Seward | Public report of golf balls in Pleasant Dale. (OAX) |
| 2:25 pm | 1.75 | 2 ESE Pleasant Dale | Lancaster | Reported through emergency management. (OAX) |
| 2:25 pm | 1.25 | 6 SE Malcolm | Lancaster | Measured quarter to half dollar size hail. (OAX) |
| 2:28 pm | 1.75 | 5 SE Malcolm | Lancaster | Delayed report with picture received via social media. (OAX) |
| 2:36 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Lincoln | Lancaster | (OAX) |
| 2:37 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Lincoln | Lancaster | Public report of quarters. (OAX) |
| 2:37 pm | 1.25 | 4 NW Lincoln | Lancaster | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 2:38 pm | 1.00 | 5 NW Lincoln | Lancaster | (OAX) |
| 2:40 pm | 1.25 | 6 SE Malcolm | Lancaster | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 2:42 pm | 1.50 | 5 N Lincoln | Lancaster | (OAX) |
| 3:00 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Lincoln | Lancaster | (OAX) |
| 3:01 pm | 1.00 | 3 E Lincoln | Lancaster | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:08 pm | 1.50 | 3 ENE Lincoln | Lancaster | Delayed report with photo via social media. Also reported damage to vehicle hood. (OAX) |
| 3:08 pm | 1.25 | 3 ENE Lincoln | Lancaster | Delayed report received via social media of hail up to half dollar sized. Time estimated with radar. (OAX) |
| 3:09 pm | 1.00 | 4 NE Lincoln | Lancaster | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:11 pm | 1.00 | 4 E Lincoln | Lancaster | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:15 pm | 1.00 | 1 N Waverly | Lancaster | (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
101 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; 56 were rated 100% and 12 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUEX | 38 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 2.50 in | 12:22 pm | 3:17 pm |
| KTWX | 32 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1.75 in | 12:40 pm | 3:20 pm |
| KOAX | 31 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2.75 in | 12:24 pm | 3:18 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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