Hail in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 22 hail reports in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, between 12:50 am and 1:38 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 3 SSW Nehawka (Cass, NE) at 1:38 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,107 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 579 rated a 100% chance of hail and 462 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 11 places in Cass, NE, Douglas, NE, Pottawattamie, IA and Saunders, NE, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Bennington 7 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Omaha 3 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Council Bluffs 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Elkhorn 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Inglewood 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Boys Town 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Colon 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Malmo 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Minden 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Nehawka 1 report, up to 2.50 in
- Ralston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:50 am | 1.00 | 2 N Minden | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 5:29 am | 1.25 | 3 SW Bennington | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING of Half Dollar sized hail. (OAX) |
| 5:30 am | 1.00 | 4 NE Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING of quarter sized hail 4 miles northeast of Elkhorn. (OAX) |
| 5:30 am | 1.75 | 3 SW Bennington | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING of golfball sized hail 3 miles south-southwest of Bennington. (OAX) |
| 5:33 am | 1.00 | 2 S Bennington | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING of quarter sized hail south of Bennington. (OAX) |
| 5:33 am | 1.00 | 1 NW Bennington | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING of quarter sized hail on the northwest side of Bennington. (OAX) |
| 5:36 am | 1.00 | 3 WNW Boys Town | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 5:36 am | 1.00 | 3 SE Bennington | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING of quarter sized hail southeast of Bennington. (OAX) |
| 5:37 am | 1.50 | Bennington | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 5:40 am | 1.00 | 2 SE Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 5:42 am | 1.25 | 3 SSW Bennington | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 6:00 am | 1.50 | 1 W Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 6:02 am | 1.00 | 2 W Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 6:06 am | 1.75 | 3 N Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 6:12 am | 1.25 | 2 N Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 6:24 am | 1.00 | 1 WSW Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 12:15 pm | 1.25 | Malmo | Saunders, NE | (OAX) |
| 12:21 pm | 1.00 | 1 N Colon | Saunders, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 12:29 pm | 1.75 | 1 SSW Inglewood | Saunders, NE | (OAX) |
| 12:31 pm | 1.75 | 2 W Inglewood | Saunders, NE | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OAX) |
| 1:30 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Ralston | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 1:38 pm | 2.50 | 3 SSW Nehawka | Cass, NE | Emergency Manager relayed a report from a trained spotter of tennis ball sized hail at 67th and A street. (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,107 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; 579 were rated 100% and 87 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 | 422 | 195 | 185 | 39 | 4.00 in | 12:03 am | 2:39 pm |
| KDMX | 307 | 179 | 128 | 22 | 3.25 in | 12:03 am | 2:42 pm |
| KUEX | 253 | 148 | 118 | 23 | 3.75 in | 12:00 am | 1:48 pm |
| KFSD | 79 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1.00 in | 12:13 am | 1:51 pm |
| KTWX | 46 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 2.75 in | 3:06 am | 2:24 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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