Hail in Omaha on Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 19 hail reports in Omaha on Thursday, April 24, 2025, between 4:08 pm and 5:50 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 3 ENE Ralston (Douglas, NE) at 4:30 pm. NOAA radar flagged 311 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 67 rated a 100% chance of hail and 55 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Douglas, NE and Pottawattamie, IA, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Ralston 8 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Council Bluffs 7 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Omaha 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Underwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:08 pm | 1.00 | 2 NNE Ralston | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:10 pm | 1.25 | 2 N Ralston | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:13 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Ralston | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:14 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Ralston | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:17 pm | 1.00 | 3 SE Omaha | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:18 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Ralston | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:23 pm | 1.00 | Ralston | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:23 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:25 pm | 1.00 | Ralston | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:29 pm | 1.75 | 2 SE Omaha | Douglas, NE | (OAX) |
| 4:30 pm | 3.00 | 3 ENE Ralston | Douglas, NE | Pictures on Social Media. (OAX) |
| 4:50 pm | 1.00 | 2 NNW Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 4:53 pm | 1.25 | 2 N Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 5:00 pm | 1.25 | 4 NE Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 5:00 pm | 1.75 | 4 NE Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 5:03 pm | 1.75 | 4 NE Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 5:05 pm | 1.25 | 2 N Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | Pictures on social media. (OAX) |
| 5:25 pm | 1.00 | 4 W Underwood | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.75 | 3 NE Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | Pictures on social media. (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
311 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; 67 were rated 100% and 15 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 | 174 | 44 | 35 | 8 | 3.00 in | 3:42 am | 10:29 pm |
| KOAX | 88 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2.75 in | 3:41 am | 10:20 pm |
| KUEX | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2.00 in | 3:57 am | 5:35 pm |
| KTWX | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 3:40 am | 7:56 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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