Hail in Omaha on Monday, April 21, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 22 hail reports in Omaha on Monday, April 21, 2025, between 10:06 pm and 11:04 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 3 NW Omaha (Douglas, NE) at 10:55 pm. NOAA radar flagged 107 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 42 rated a 100% chance of hail and 37 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Douglas, NE and Saunders, NE, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Omaha 8 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Elkhorn 6 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Boys Town 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Bennington 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Colon 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Fort Calhoun 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Leshara 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Valley 1 report, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:06 pm | 1.00 | Colon | Saunders, NE | Snowball-like hail. (OAX) |
| 10:19 pm | 1.50 | Leshara | Saunders, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:26 pm | 1.50 | 1 WNW Valley | Douglas, NE | Somewhat flat... disk-shaped hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter. The largest hail was similar to cauliflower... a congealed hailstone made up of many very small hailston (OAX) |
| 10:38 pm | 1.25 | 3 NE Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 10:40 pm | 1.00 | 1 NW Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 10:42 pm | 1.25 | Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Half Dollar. (OAX) |
| 10:42 pm | 1.00 | 3 NE Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 10:42 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Bennington | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 10:44 pm | 1.50 | 3 NE Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OAX) |
| 10:47 pm | 1.75 | 4 NNW Boys Town | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:52 pm | 1.00 | 4 NE Boys Town | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:52 pm | 1.00 | 4 NNE Boys Town | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:52 pm | 1.25 | 5 NW Omaha | Douglas, NE | 680 and Blair High Rd. (OAX) |
| 10:53 pm | 1.00 | 6 SSE Fort Calhoun | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:54 pm | 1.00 | 4 NW Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:54 pm | 1.00 | 5 N Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:55 pm | 1.75 | 3 NW Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 10:58 pm | 1.50 | 4 NW Omaha | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OAX) |
| 11:03 pm | 1.25 | 3 NE Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 11:03 pm | 1.50 | 6 NNE Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 11:04 pm | 1.25 | 3 NNE Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 11:04 pm | 1.50 | 4 NE Omaha | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
107 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; 42 were rated 100% and 5 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 | 47 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1.75 in | 10:02 pm | 11:25 pm |
| KOAX | 39 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2.50 in | 9:18 pm | 11:27 pm |
| KUEX | 21 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2.25 in | 9:27 pm | 10:47 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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