Hail in Omaha on Saturday, September 17, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Omaha on Saturday, September 17, 2022, between 7:10 pm and 9:22 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 3.50 inches at Carson (Pottawattamie, IA) at 9:19 pm. NOAA radar flagged 217 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 38 rated a 100% chance of hail and 27 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Douglas, NE, Mills, IA and Pottawattamie, IA, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Oakland 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Boys Town 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Carson 1 report, up to 3.50 in
- Council Bluffs 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Glenwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:10 pm | 1.75 | 5 NE Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | PICTURES FROM SOCIAL MEDIA OF HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS JUST NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS... TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (OAX) |
| 7:18 pm | 1.25 | 4 N Glenwood | Mills, IA | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (OAX) |
| 8:16 pm | 1.00 | 4 NE Boys Town | Douglas, NE | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A PICTURE OF 1 HAIL AT 108TH AND FORT. (OAX) |
| 9:19 pm | 3.50 | Carson | Pottawattamie, IA | AFTER REVIEWING NUMEROUS PHOTOS FROM CARSON... THE MAXIMUM HAIL SIZE WAS AT LEAST 3.5 INCHES. HAIL BROKE CAR WINDOWS AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. (OAX) |
| 9:22 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Oakland | Pottawattamie, IA | REPORT CALLED IN FROM THE PUBLIC. (OAX) |
| 9:22 pm | 1.75 | Oakland | Pottawattamie, IA | TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR DATA. (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
217 signatures from 4 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; 38 were rated 100% and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOAX | 103 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1.75 in | 2:45 am | 11:53 pm |
| KDMX | 90 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 1.75 in | 2:32 am | 11:55 pm |
| KUEX | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in | 2:54 am | 7:29 am |
| KTWX | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 5:05 am | 7:33 am |
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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