Hail, Fremont
- When
- March 7, 11:36 PM CST
- Where
- Fremont County, Riverton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.683, -95.567
Hail between dime and quarter size was reported by law enforcement personel in Riverton.
Hail in Iowa, March 7, 2002
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.
- 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
- 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 Mar 7, 8:50 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 8:50 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
850 PM CST THU MAR 7 2002
...MAIN PROBLEMS CENTERED AROUND PRECIPITATION THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
INCLUDING TYPE/TIMING/THUNDER AND SNOW AMOUNTS...
THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS NOW MOVING COMPLETELY PAST THE CWA. COLD
NORTH WINDS NOW PREDOMINATE AT THE SURFACE. THE LOSS OF LIFT HAS
ALLOW THE VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE. WHILE IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT MUCH
FURTHER DETERIORATION IN CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR...THE TEMPERATURES
ARE LIKELY TO FALL IN ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST TIP OF NEBRASKA AND
PERHAPS THE LAST TWO COUNTIES SOUTH IN SOUTHWEST IOWA.
THE ETA AND THE NGM ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE 500 MB SYSTEM AND
EVEN BEAR A GOOD RESEMBLANCE TO THE REAL WORLD. THERE COULD BE A
PROBLEM IF THE SYSTEM HESITATES IN RAPID MOVEMENT EAST BUT FOR NOW
THERE IS NO STRONG REASON FOR ARGUMENT.
.OMA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT BOONE...MADISON...WAYNE...
STANTON...PIERCE...COLFAX...AND CUMING COUNTIES.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT KNOX...
CEDAR...ANTELOPE...AND PIERCE COUNTIES.
POWERSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:35 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-081030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1035 PM CST THU MAR 7 2002 FREEZING MIST AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH FALL FROM COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT...CREATING SLICK ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. AREAS OF FOG WILL ALSO BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT...WITH SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG LATE POSSIBLE. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY EVENING FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MIDNIGHT IN THE FAR NORTHEAST...AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 80. WARM MOIST AIR WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT ON SOUTH WINDS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS...AGAIN WITH HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE BETTER CHANCES FOR LARGE HAIL WILL BE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS FRIDAY. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATIC INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/OAX OR AT WEATHER.GOV (LOWER CASE).
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:35 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 7 to 8, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nevada, March 7, 2002
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in California, March 7 to 8, 2002
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 7 to 8, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 7 to 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 7 to 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 7 to 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 7 to 8, 2002
- Winter Storm in Montana, March 7, 2002
- Hail in Missouri, March 7, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 7 to 9, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 7 to 8, 2002
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, March 2002
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: 5285828.