Hail in Nebraska, March 29, 2004

Name: Hail in Nebraska, March 29, 2004
Start: 2004-03-29T10:40
End: 2004-03-29T10:40
Location: Nebraska

March 29, 2004 · NWS GID · 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
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 29, 5:25 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 5:25 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
525 AM CST MON MAR 29 2004

.DISCUSSION...UPDATE OUT TO MENTION ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS MORNING
ASSOCIATED WITH SECOND S/W MENTIONED BELOW. KLXN REPORTED RA AT THE
TOP OF LAST HOUR...AND ACTIVITY INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
AS IT HEADS SE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...UPPER TROF BEGINS TO SHIFT EAST TODAY WITH
SHORTWAVES ROUNDING WESTERN SIDE BIGGEST THORN OF SHORT TERM. AT
LEAST 3 DISTINCT SHORTWAVES EVIDENT TO SOME DEGREE VIA OBSERVATIONAL
DATA...I.E., 88DS/SATELLITE/PROFILERS. FIRST...NOW MOVING THROUGH
NORTHEAST KS...WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY EARLIER ACROSS
SRN HALF OF CWA. SECOND TRYING TO DO THE SAME ATTM OVER SW NEB.
THIRD...AND STRONGEST OF THE TRIO PER WV SAT...NOW HEADING S ACROSS
THE WRN DAKOTAS.

ELEVATED SHOWERS/VIRGA ASSOCIATED WITH SECOND WAVE NOW MOVING ACROSS
WRN COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 88D TRENDS...BUT EXPECT
LITTLE OF THIS TO REACH THE GROUND.

BIGGER CHALLENGE IS POSSIBILITY OF HIGH BASED SHOWERS THIS AFT/EVE
ACROSS ERN 1/2 OF FORECAST AREA W/ PASSAGE OF THIS WAVE. META
FORECAST SOUNDINGS NEAR FAIRMONT SHOW AROUND 350 J/KG ABV ROUGHLY
800MB...W/ LAPSE RATES OF 7-8C/KM IN THE 750-500 MB LAYER.
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY...ALBEIT MARGINAL...TO POP SOME SHOWERS AND
PERHAPS AN ISOLATED CLAP OF THUNDER BEFORE ACTIVITY MOVES OUT OF
AREA AFTER SUNSET. WILL INSERT A SMALL POP/SLT -RW MENTION EAST OF
HIGHWAY 281 STARTING AROUND NOON.

S/W DRAGS COOLER AIR INTO THE PLAINS FOR TONIGHT...AND ONCE
HERE...DON/T THINK IT WILL GO ANWHERE QUICK WITH UPPER TROF CUTTING
OFF ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...KEEPING THE FORECAST AREA IN NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT. GFS/ETA IN FAIRLY DECENT AGREEMENT IN COOLDWON...SO
LOWERED TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE BOARD BY A GOOD CATEGORY TUE AND
WED. OTHERWISE...DRY THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD LOOKS OKAY.

MINIMAL CHANGES MADE AT THIS TIME TO DAYS 5-7.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NE...NONE.
.KS...NONE.

&&

VII

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 5:00 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
500 AM CST MON MAR 29 2004

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-301200-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY-
HALL-HAMILTON-HARLAN-HOWARD-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MERRICK-MITCHELL-NANCE-
NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS-PHILLIPS-POLK-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-THAYER-
VALLEY-WEBSTER-YORK-
500 AM CST MON MAR 29 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

VII

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Howard

When: March 29, 10:40 AM CST
Where: Howard County, 4 mi SE of Cushing
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.267, -98.333

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 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, March 2004

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: 5388228.