Hail, Stewart
- When
- April 15, 6:40 AM EST to 6:45 AM EST
- Where
- Stewart County, Omaha
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -85.020
Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 15, 1999
Several trees were knocked down near Omaha. Half dollar to golfball size hail pelted Omaha breaking several windows in vehicles and homes.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Several trees were knocked down near Omaha. Half dollar to golfball size hail pelted Omaha breaking several windows in vehicles and homes.
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:37 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stewart
- When
- April 15, 6:40 AM EST to 6:45 AM EST
- Where
- Stewart County, Omaha
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -85.020
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1999
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- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 15, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, April 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5690365, 5690366.