Nebraska, 2001Hail in Nebraska, May 13, 2001
May 13, 2001 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- 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 May 13, 12:45 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 12:45 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
145 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2001
FORECAST CHALLENGES -- ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS MORNING,
THEN TEMPERATURES
SYNOPSIS -- LATEST KOAX VWP AND AREA PROFILER DATA INDICATE A STRONG
LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION REGIME IN PROGRESS OVER ERN NEB. ALTHOUGH
00Z/13 OAX AND TOP SOUNDINGS WERE RATHER DRY IN THE LOW LEVELS, THE
DDC SOUNDING WAS MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE, AND CURRENT PROFILER PLAN
VIEW DATA SUGGESTS THIS MOISTURE IS BEING ADVECTED TOWARD THE AREA.
AT THE SURFACE, 0600 UTC ANALYSIS HAD A LOW OVER SERN MT WITH A WEAK
WARM FRONT/TROUGH EXTENDING SEWD ACROSS SRN SD.
FORECAST -- ALL SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE
LARGE SCALE FEATURES THIS FORECAST. IN THE SHORT TERM, CONVECTIVE
POTENTIAL ACROSS FAR ERN NEB/WRN IA IS THE MAIN CONCERN. AS
MENTIONED ABOVE STRONG MOIST/THERMAL ADVECTION IS OCCURRING JUST OFF
THE SURFACE ACROSS THE CWFA. FORECAST ETA SOUNDINGS, VALID 12Z/13
FOR OMAHA INDICATE A MUCAPE OF AROUND 1500 J/KG WITH LITTLE OR NO
CIN. THEREFORE, WE WILL MONITOR RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA UP TO ZONE
ISSUANCE AND WILL LIKELY INCLUDE SOME SMALL POPS FOR THE ERN ZONES
THIS MORNING.
ASIDE FROM THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THIS MORNING, TEMPERATURES ARE
THE NEXT CONCERN. WITH THE WARM ADVECTION, GOOD INSOLATION AND
BETTER MIXING WE SHOULD SEE HIGHS CLOSER TO THE WARMER MAV NUMBERS,
AND THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE FORECAST 850 TEMPERATURES.
THE MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY
AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY FROM THE ERN PACIFIC QUICKLY TRANSLATES EWD
ACROSS SRN CANADA AND THE NRN TIER OF THE U.S.. THE SURFACE LOW
CURRENTLY OVER SERN MT WILL MIGRATE EWD TONIGHT AND INTO MN DURING
THE DAY ON MONDAY, DRAGGING A WEAK COLD FRONT SWD. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THE WARM SECTOR WILL BE CAPPED UNTIL THE
ARRIVAL OF THE WEAK FRONT MONDAY NIGHT. AT THAT TIME, WE WILL
INCLUDE SOME CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NRN AND CNTRL ZONES.
IN THE EXTENDED, THE 00Z/13 RUN OF THE AVN STALLS A WEAK SURFACE
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CWFA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE CURRENT
FORECAST HAS SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME, AND
ALTHOUGH WE WILL BE UNDER BUILDING MID LEVEL HEIGHTS, MOISTURE WILL
BE AVAILABLE FOR ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. A
MORE POTENT SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE NRN ROCKIES AND MOVE OUT INTO THE
PLAINS ON THURSDAY, WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.
.OMA...NONE
MEAD
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 13, 4:50 AM CST to 5:08 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Omaha
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.267, -96.000
This thunderstorm produced very large hail from around the Florence area toward Eppley Airfield then into the Council Bluffs, Iowa area. Hail up to nearly 3 inches in diameter caused considerable damage around Eppley Airfield with 20 commercial and private aircraft sustaining significant damage. Some of the aircraft had 5 inch diameter holes punched through control surfaces. In addition, 150 vehicles parked in outdoor parking facilities sustained substantial damage including windows knocked out. Total storm damage estimates were around $500,000 at Eppley Airfield alone. The storm also caused significant damage in that part of Council Bluffs directly south of the airport.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Utah, May 13, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 13, 2001$826,000 · 3 in hail · 60 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, May 13 to 14, 2001$500 · 1 in hail · 12 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, May 13 to 14, 20011 in hail · 7 events
- Hail in Iowa, May 13, 20010.88 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Iowa, May 13, 20010.75 in hail · 2 events
- Funnel Clouds in Texas, May 13, 20012 events
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 13 to 14, 20012 events
- Hail in Nebraska, May 13, 20010.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, May 13, 20011.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, May 13, 20010.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Iowa, May 13, 20012.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 5245585.