Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2002

Name: Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2002
Start: 2002-07-25T03:22
End: 2002-07-25T03:22
Location: Nebraska

July 25, 2002 · 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.

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: 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 Jul 25, 1:45 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:45 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
245 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

FORECAST CONCERNS CONT AROUND PRECIP CHANCES AND TEMPS.

SYNOPSIS...ONGING CONVECTION SPREADING ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AIDED
BY STRONG SWRLY LLJ.  STORMS REACHING SVR LIMITS SO DISCUSSION WL BE
BRIEF.  LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS AREA OF LO PRES CENTERED OVR CNTL
NEB/CNTL SD.  WARM FNT EXTENDED FM CNTRL NEB TO JUST N OF OMA.

FORECAST...CONSIDERING WMFNT POSITION...HAVE RAISED TEMPS SLIGHTLY
FOR TDY.  FNT WL SIT ACROSS NEB/KS BORDER TONIGHT.  GOOD LIFT
INDICATED ALONG FNT WITH AREA UNDER RIGHT REAR QUAD OF UPPER JET.
INSTABILITY HIGH SO WL GO WITH 30 POPS SRN ZONES AND TAPER TO 20
NWD.  WL CONT POPS INTO FRI & FRI NIGHT AS FNTL BOUNDARY MOVES NWD
AND FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE PASS THROUGH THE AREA.  OMEGA FIELDS LOOK
GOOD SO WL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING.  FOR THE MOST PART...REMAINS AN
UNSETTLED PATTERN.

FEW MINOR TWEEKS TO EXTENDED.

.OMA...NONE.

GRIFFIS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:15 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-251000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED ISSUANCE TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
115 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED EARLY THIS MORNING
OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA OR SOUTHWEST IOWA.

A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH PARTS OF
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

THERE MAY BE ENOUGH WIND SHEAR FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS...WHICH COULD
PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

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).

DDN

Local storm report, Jul 25, 1:53 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
253 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

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

245 AM     3 E LOUISVILLE            NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/25/02   CASS                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:26 AM CST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
326 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

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

247 AM     BLENCOE                   IA   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/25/02   MONONA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:54 AM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
354 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

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

332 AM     2 E LITTLE SIOUX          IA   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/25/02   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:00 AM CST, 22 minutes before

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-251700-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
400 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN
NEBRASKA OR SOUTHWEST IOWA.

A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH PARTS OF
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.  SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THERE IS ENOUGH WIND SHEAR FOR
A FEW SUPERCELLS...WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY
AS A SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA.

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).

GRIFFIS

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:10 AM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
410 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

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

357 AM     MODALE                    IA   .75 INCH HAIL
07/25/02   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burt

When: July 25, 3:22 AM CST
Where: Burt County, Decatur
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.000, -96.250

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 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: 5309280.