Hail in Omaha on Thursday, April 23, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 26 hail reports in Omaha on Thursday, April 23, 2026, between 1:49 pm and 4:48 pm CDT, in 6 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 4 WSW Kennard (Washington, NE) at 2:11 pm. NOAA radar flagged 400 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 246 rated a 100% chance of hail and 229 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 19 places in Douglas, NE, Harrison, IA, Pottawattamie, IA, Sarpy, NE, Saunders, NE and Washington, NE, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Chalco 3 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Missouri Valley 3 reports, up to 1.50 in
- La Vista 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Logan 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Millard 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Carter Lake 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Council Bluffs 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Dunlap 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Elkhorn 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Kennard 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Leshara 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Little Sioux 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Modale 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Oakland 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Omaha 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Persia 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Ralston 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Underwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:49 pm | 1.50 | 2 S Leshara | Saunders, NE | Photo on social media of many quarter sized or slightly larger stones. Time estimated from radar. (OAX) |
| 1:58 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Washington | Douglas, NE | Delayed report received via social media of hail up to quarter sized. Time estimated with radar. (OAX) |
| 2:11 pm | 1.75 | 4 WSW Kennard | Washington, NE | Reported by law enforcement... east of town. Time estimated based on radar. (OAX) |
| 2:35 pm | 1.00 | Elkhorn | Douglas, NE | Delayed report received from social media. (OAX) |
| 2:41 pm | 1.00 | Modale | Harrison, IA | Delayed report received via social media of quarter sized hail. Time estimated with radar. (OAX) |
| 2:51 pm | 1.50 | 4 N Missouri Valley | Harrison, IA | Delayed report via social media of hail up to ping pong ball sized. Time estimated with radar. (OAX) |
| 3:00 pm | 1.25 | 2 NE Little Sioux | Harrison, IA | Delayed report from spotter of approximately half dollar size hail 4 miles west of Pisgah. (OAX) |
| 3:01 pm | 1.00 | Logan | Harrison, IA | Quarter size hail reported in Logan. (OAX) |
| 3:27 pm | 1.00 | 3 ESE Missouri Valley | Harrison, IA | Emergency dispatch relayed report of quarter size hail near 335th and Mounds Trail. (OAX) |
| 3:33 pm | 1.25 | 1 SE Millard | Sarpy, NE | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:36 pm | 1.00 | Dunlap | Harrison, IA | Local business reported approximately quarter size hail in Dunlap. (OAX) |
| 3:40 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Millard | Douglas, NE | Delayed report received from social media. (OAX) |
| 3:41 pm | 1.00 | 2 WSW La Vista | Sarpy, NE | Delayed report via social media. Sizes ranged from nickel to quarter size and lasted for around 8 to 10 minutes. Time estimated via radar. (OAX) |
| 3:42 pm | 1.00 | Chalco | Sarpy, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:43 pm | 1.00 | 3 SE Chalco | Sarpy, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:44 pm | 1.00 | 2 NW Ralston | Douglas, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:45 pm | 1.00 | 5 WNW Underwood | Pottawattamie, IA | Delayed report received via social media. (OAX) |
| 3:45 pm | 1.00 | Logan | Harrison, IA | Video of penny to quarter size hail in Logan. (OAX) |
| 3:51 pm | 1.00 | 7 ESE Missouri Valley | Harrison, IA | Delayed report via social media. Reported lots of nickel sized hail with some quarters mixed in. (OAX) |
| 3:54 pm | 1.25 | 1 W La Vista | Sarpy, NE | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:55 pm | 1.00 | 3 E Omaha | Douglas, NE | Social media photo of quarter size hail. Hail was largely smaller... closer to pea size. (OAX) |
| 3:57 pm | 1.00 | 2 SE Carter Lake | Pottawattamie, IA | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 3:59 pm | 1.00 | 1 NW Chalco | Sarpy, NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 4:07 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Council Bluffs | Pottawattamie, IA | Delayed report received via social media. Estimated time of occurrence was 4:07 pm. (OAX) |
| 4:16 pm | 1.00 | 4 S Persia | Harrison, IA | Delayed report received via social media of hail up to quarter sized. Time estimated with radar. (OAX) |
| 4:48 pm | 1.00 | 5 NW Oakland | Pottawattamie, IA | (OAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
400 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; 246 were rated 100% and 68 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 | 139 | 99 | 92 | 31 | 3.75 in | 1:12 pm | 5:48 pm |
| KOAX | 131 | 79 | 79 | 28 | 4.00 in | 12:18 pm | 5:56 pm |
| KUEX | 88 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 2.25 in | 12:17 pm | 4:57 pm |
| KFSD | 30 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2.25 in | 1:18 pm | 3:29 pm |
| KTWX | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in | 3:10 pm | 5:19 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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