Hail in Omaha on Friday, April 26, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 19 hail reports in Omaha on Friday, April 26, 2024, between 3:02 pm and 4:56 pm CDT, in 5 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 2.75 inches at 3 ESE Ceresco (Saunders, NE) at 3:02 pm. NOAA radar flagged 947 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 250 rated a 100% chance of hail and 235 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 10 places in Douglas, NE, Pottawattamie, IA, Sarpy, NE, Saunders, NE and Washington, NE, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Papillion 5 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Blair 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Carter Lake 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Omaha 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Valley 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Cedar Creek 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Ceresco 1 report, up to 2.75 in
- La Vista 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Ralston 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:02 pm | 2.75 | 3 ESE Ceresco | Saunders, NE | Corrects previous hail report from 3 ESE Ceresco. Corrects previous hail report from 3 ESE Ceresco for wrong date. Delayed report from 4/26. (OAX) |
| 3:33 pm | 1.00 | 1 WNW Valley | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:08 pm | 1.25 | Blair | Washington, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:12 pm | 1.75 | Blair | Washington, NE | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:25 pm | 1.00 | 1 WNW Valley | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:26 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Washington | Washington, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:30 pm | 1.00 | 2 WSW La Vista | Sarpy, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:40 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSW Papillion | Sarpy, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:40 pm | 1.00 | 1 WNW Ralston | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:42 pm | 1.75 | 3 NE Cedar Creek | Sarpy, NE | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:43 pm | 1.75 | 2 W Papillion | Sarpy, NE | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:45 pm | 2.00 | Papillion | Sarpy, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:46 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Blair | Washington, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:47 pm | 1.50 | 1 SW Papillion | Sarpy, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:55 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNE Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:55 pm | 1.75 | Carter Lake | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 4:55 pm | 1.75 | 5 NE Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:55 pm | 1.75 | 1 NW Carter Lake | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:56 pm | 1.00 | 1 ENE Papillion | Sarpy, NE | (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
947 signatures from 5 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; 250 were rated 100% and 51 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 | 359 | 67 | 81 | 15 | 2.75 in | 12:03 am | 7:15 pm |
| KDMX | 326 | 90 | 85 | 23 | 2.50 in | 12:02 am | 7:13 pm |
| KUEX | 178 | 64 | 45 | 12 | 2.75 in | 12:04 am | 5:33 pm |
| KTWX | 43 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2.25 in | 12:00 am | 5:25 pm |
| KFSD | 41 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1.75 in | 2:17 am | 6:25 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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