Nebraska, 2001

Hail in Nebraska, April 30, 2001

April 30, 2001 · NWS FSD · 5 events in 1 county or zone

5 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
340 PM CDT MON APR 30 2001

SCT SHWRS/TSTMS CONT MOVE OVER NRN PART OF FCST AREA AND ETDND DOWN
THRU W OF FSD AND TO SUX AREA. WILL INCLUDE MENTN IN FCST XCP SWRN
CRNR...BUT JUST FOR EVE AS EXPCT THEY WILL BE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY
THIS EVE. THEN IT SHUD BE PTCLDY TNGT. PRBLM WITH FNT COMNG THRU SUN
IS GOOD LIFT AND NOT A LOT OF MOISTR WITH OTHER FACTORS UNFVRBL FOR
SFC BASED CONVECTN. WILL MENTN SLGT CHC FOR MID LVL ACTVTY AS SYS
COMES THRU. THEN STARTS THE PRBLM WITH WHEN AND WHERE TO PUT PCPN IN
AS MODELS STALL FNT S OF AREA AND HINT AT THREAT OF SHWRS SRN EDGE
OF AREA FOR A DAY OR TWO...BEFORE THREAT PUSHES FRTHR N DURG EXTNDED
PD. TIMING IS A PRBLM OF SORTS AS DONT LIKE PUTTNG SHWRS IN FOUR
STRAIGHT DAYS WHEN UNLIKELY TO RAIN EACH DAY...BUT THE CHC SEEMS
THERE. WILL GO FOR A DRY LAST DAY ON MON AS ABR HAS. GUIDNCE TEMPS
SO SO BUT MAY BE AS GOOD AS ANYTHNG WITH HVY DEPENDENCE ON CLD
CVR/PCPN FOR HIGHS.

.FSD...NONE
WILLIAMS

The radar

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dakota

When
April 30, 5:23 PM CST
Where
Dakota County, 1 mi SE of Hubbard
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.367, -96.567

Hail, Dakota

When
April 30, 5:38 PM CST
Where
Dakota County, 2 mi S of Dakota City
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.383, -96.417

Hail, Dakota

When
April 30, 5:46 PM CST
Where
Dakota County, Homer
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
42.317, -96.483

Hail, Dakota

When
April 30, 5:55 PM CST
Where
Dakota County, 4 mi SE of Homer
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.283, -96.433

Hail, Dakota

When
April 30, 5:59 PM CST
Where
Dakota County, 4 mi E of Homer
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.317, -96.400

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5242733, 5242734, 5242735, 5242835, 5242836.