Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 2001

Name: Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 2001
Start: 2001-04-10T12:22
End: 2001-04-10T12:29
Location: Nebraska

April 10, 2001 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 2:15 AM CST, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:15 AM CST, 10 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
315 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST ARE THE THREAT OF PCPN AND TEMPS
INTO WED.  08Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED LOW PRES CENTERED OVER ERN CO
WITH A NRLY STNRY FNT EXTENDING E ACROSS KS AND MO INTO IL.  MAIN
AREA OF CONVECTION EARLY IN THE NIGHT WAS OVER MO AND ERN KS...
AND STRATUS/FOG WAS ADVECTING RAPIDLY WWD FROM IA.  LOW CLOUDS ARE
EXPECTED TO LIFT DURING THE DAY.  THE SFC LOW IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN
TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF SW FLOW ALOFT.
EXPECT SHOWERS AND TSTMS TO BE ON THE INCREASE IN COVERAGE EARLY
THIS MORNING OVER SERN NE.  LATEST 11-3.9 MICRON STLT IMAGES SHOWED
SOME CLOUD DEVELOPMENT 4-5 KFT AGL FROM HLC TOWARD GBD.  SFC DEWPTS
IN THE 60S WERE BEING LIFTED INSENTROPICALLY OVER THE FNT.  HAVE
INCREASED POPS ALL AREAS FOR  TODAY.  EXPECT A DECENT RANGE OF MAX
TEMPS...FROM 55 TO 60 IN THE NWRN PART OF FCST AREA TO THE LOWER TO
MID 70S NEAR THE KS AND MO BORDERS.

MAIN CLOSED LOW AT 500 MB STARTS TO LIFT OUT TNGT.  WITH A FRONT IN
THE VICINITY...PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INCREASING DIVERGENCE ALOFT
SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE CATEGORICAL POPS FOR TNGT.  A FEW STORMS MAY
BE SEVERE.  EXPECT LOWS TO RANGE FROM THE 40S NW TO 50S SE.  SFC LOW
INTENSIFIES EVEN MORE ON WED...WHILE EJECTING NEWD.  BEST CHANCE OF
WIDESPREAD RAIN IS OVER THE NWRN 2/3 OF FCST AREA...WHILE SERN NE
AND SWRN IA GET IN THE DRY SLOT.  DRY SLOT WILL BECOME CONVECTIVELY
UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDICES DROPPING TO NEAR -6 BY EARLY AFTN.
WILL GO WITH THE TIMING DEPICTED BY THE ETA MODEL ON THE SURFACE
LOW...MOVING IT TO NWRN IA BY 00Z THU.  NGM IS FARTHER TO THE
NORTH...WHILE THE AVN IS FARTHER WSW.  BEST CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD
MEASURABLE PCPN SHOULD BE OVER NERN NE...BUT WILL STILL KEEP A
SMALL CHANCE ELSEWHERE IN CASE THE ETA TIMING IS OFF.  FIRST DRAFT
OF THE WORK ZONES WAS SENT.

.OMA...NONE.
MILLER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:12 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-101700-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1112 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A SHORT LINE
OF FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL  IN
A LINE ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE FROM WAHOO EAST TOWARD OAKLAND IOWA
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT ACROSS
THE AREA.  WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS LIFTING NORTH OVER A
WARM FRONT IN NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI.  THIS> WILL PROVIDE
ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AS THE FRONT MOVES
NORTH INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT.

POLLACK

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:35 AM CST, 47 minutes before

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-102300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1112 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A SHORT LINE
OF FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL  IN
A LINE ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE FROM WAHOO EAST TOWARD OAKLAND IOWA
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT ACROSS
THE AREA.  WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS LIFTING NORTH OVER A
WARM FRONT IN NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI.  THIS WILL PROVIDE
ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AS THE FRONT MOVES
NORTH INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT.

POLLACK

Local storm report, Apr 10, 12:08 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
108 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1140 AM    OMAHA                     NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1140 AM    GRETNA                    NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1146 AM    OMAHA                     NE   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

1146 AM    CHALCO                    NE   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1147 AM    OMAHA                     NE   .88 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1152 AM    LA VISTA                  NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1155 AM    LA VISTA                  NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1155 AM    EAST OMAHA                NE   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1155 AM    BELLEVUE                  NE   1.5 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1155 AM    OMAHA                     NE   FLOOD
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1156 AM    OMAHA                     NE   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1201 PM    OMAHA                     NE   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1201 PM    BELLEVUE                  NE   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SARPY                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

1204 PM    COUNCIL BLUFFS            IA   .88 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   POTTAWATTAMIE                  REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1206 PM    COUNCIL BLUFFS            IA   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   POTTAWATTAMIE                  REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1207 PM    COUNCIL BLUFFS            IA   1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   POTTAWATTAMIE                  REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sarpy

When: April 10, 12:22 PM CST to 12:29 PM CST
Where: Sarpy County, 2 mi W of Offutt Afb
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 41.117, -95.950

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, April 2001

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: 5239236.