Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 2002

Name: Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 2002
Start: 2002-08-28T17:15
End: 2002-08-28T17:15
Location: Nebraska

August 28, 2002 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Aug 28, 1:35 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 1:35 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
235 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002

...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...

EARLY AFTERNOON VISIBLE IMAGERY AND RADAR LOOPS FROM KUEX AND KOAX
SHOW DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL
NEBRASKA DECAYING CONVECTIVE CLUSTER.  NEW CONVECTION HAS BEEN
DEVELOPING ON THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN OUR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.  MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES AVERAGING 1700-2000 J/KG...
SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE THERMODYNAMIC SUPPORT
BUT VERY WEAK WIND SHEAR.  FAIRBURY AND NELIGH PROFILERS SHOW AROUND
5 KNOTS OF WIND FROM 850-500 MB...SO ONLY A SLOW EAST MOVEMENT WITH
LITTLE STORM STRUCTURE.  THIS SCENARIO SIMILAR TO PAST FEW DAYS WITH
THIS PERSISTENT PATTERN.  WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT ON 12Z KOAX SOUNDING
10.8K FEET...SO SOME HAIL THREAT WITH STRONGEST STORMS.  THESE
CURRENT STORMS ARE SENDING OUTFLOWS OF THEIR OWN...SO ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING MAY DEPEND ON WHERE THESE SET UP.

THE CURRENT UPPER FLOW PATTERN OF LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH
AND CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST IS PROGGED TO UNDERGO SOME MINOR
CHANGES THROUGH DAY 7.  NOW THE 12Z MODELS ARE GIVING THE BUILDING
UPPER RIDGE A LITTLE MORE RESPECT WITH BACKING WAY OFF ON THE QPF
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.  GIVEN THE LACK OF AREAL COVERAGE
WITH THE SHOWERS THE PAST FEW DAYS...AM INCLINED TO KEEP SOME LOW
POPS IN THE WESTERN ZONES WITH POTENTIAL OUTFLOW FROM ANY CONVECTION
TO OUR WEST...BUT ATTEMPT TO GO DRY EAST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH THE BUILDING RIDGE.  FOR THIS EVENING WILL CHECK LATEST
CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL AND PLACE POPS ACCORDINGLY.

BY FRIDAY THERE IS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT THAT A SHARP UPPER TROF WILL
DIG INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND KICK THE LEADING UPPER SHORTWAVE
EAST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.  THIS SENDS VORTICITY INTO THE HIGH
PLAINS...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A SMALL BUT PRONOUNCED UPPER JET IS
PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLE.  WITH AIRMASS REMAINING WARM AND
HUMID UNDER THE RIDGE...THERMODYNAMICS WILL STRONGLY SUPPORT
CONVECTION...AND JET DYNAMICS SHOULD HELP TO ORGANIZE A SQUALL LINE
LATE FRIDAY.  THUS WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT.  THEN WE ARE LEFT WITH A FAIRLY ZONAL FLOW...WITH NORTHERN
COUNTIES HAVING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCE THAN SOUTHERN COUNTIES
INTO MONDAY NIGHT.  EXTENDED PATTERN MAY SUPPORT NOCTURNAL MCS
ACTIVITY MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE CWFA...WITH BETTER CHANCES
NORTH.  WILL ENTERTAIN 20 POPS NORTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
NIGHT...AND 20-30 POPS ALL AREAS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.  THE MRF
ENSEMBLES AREA POINTING TOWARDS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING AGAIN
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...SO WILL GO DRY THOSE TWO DAYS.

.OMA...NONE.

NIETFELD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 28, 1:40 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
240 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002

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

0230 PM    5 S PRAGUE                NE   1.25 INCH HAIL
08/28/02   SAUNDERS                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Aug 28, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
335 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002

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

0230 PM    WEST PT                   NE   1.5 INCH HAIL
08/28/02   CUMING                         PINGPONG BALL SIZED
                                          HAIL AND 1.10 INCHES OF
                                          RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
                                          REPORTED BY MEDIA.

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:22 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-291000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
422 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING ACROSS
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING...BEFORE WEAKENING OVERNIGHT.  ALTHOUGH WIND SHEAR
REMAINS QUITE WEAK...THERE IS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY
FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER.	LARGE
HAIL...LOCALIZED FLOODING AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL
BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR STORMS INTO THE
WEEKEND...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY AT
THIS TIME.

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)

MEAD

Local storm report, Aug 28, 5:02 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
602 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002

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

0435 PM    1 N MALMO                 NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/28/02   SAUNDERS                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0440 PM    3 NW MALMO                NE   .75 INCH HAIL
08/28/02   SAUNDERS                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0500 PM    3 E MALMO                 NE   .88 INCH HAIL
08/28/02   SAUNDERS                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Butler

When: August 28, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Butler County, Brainard
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.183, -97.000

Hail from nickel to golfball size covered the ground.

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, August 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: 5315287.