Hail in Omaha on Friday, August 27, 2021
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Omaha on Friday, August 27, 2021, between 6:07 pm and 6:43 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at Valley (Douglas, NE) at 6:36 pm. NOAA radar flagged 120 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 51 rated a 100% chance of hail and 40 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 3 places in Douglas, NE and Saunders, NE, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Valley 3 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Elkhorn 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Yutan 1 report, up to 1.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:07 pm | 1.00 | Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | NWS EMPLOYEE SENT IN PICTURE OF HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. (OAX) |
| 6:22 pm | 1.25 | Yutan | Saunders, NE | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM YUTAN. REPORT FROM TWITTER. (OAX) |
| 6:28 pm | 1.25 | 2 ENE Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 2 ENE ELKHORN. LOCATED AT 175TH AND MAPLE. (OAX) |
| 6:36 pm | 2.50 | Valley | Douglas, NE | REPORT PASSED ALONG BY BROADCAST MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR DATA. (OAX) |
| 6:37 pm | 2.00 | Valley | Douglas, NE | CALLER REPORTED 2 HAILSTONE. (OAX) |
| 6:43 pm | 1.50 | 1 WNW Valley | Douglas, NE | HAIL THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS WAS OBSERVED AT NWS OMAHA. (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
120 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; 51 were rated 100% and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDMX | 42 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2.00 in | 4:54 pm | 7:27 pm |
| KOAX | 40 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 in | 4:53 pm | 7:21 pm |
| KUEX | 38 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 2.50 in | 4:50 pm | 7:30 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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