Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 2005
Start: 2005-04-10T05:45
End: 2005-04-10T06:55
Location: Nebraska

April 10, 2005 · NWS GID · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Sunrise thunderstorms dropped hail along State Highway 14 from Clay Center to Central City, including penny size hail covering the ground just north of Aurora.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 happened

The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.

Sunrise thunderstorms dropped hail along State Highway 14 from Clay Center to Central City, including penny size hail covering the ground just north of Aurora.

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 Apr 10, 4:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 4:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
500 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...A RATHER COMPLEX SITUATION AGAIN SHAPING UP FOR
TODAY.  BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE BOTH FLASH FLOOD THREAT AND SEVERE
THREAT FOR TODAY.

UPPER CLOSED LOW IS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS STILL AND IS STUBBORN
TO EMERGE INTO THE HIGH PLAINS.  SURFACE BOUNDARY ALSO TOOK AWHILE
TO APPROACH THE CWA LAST NIGHT AND FAILED TO ENTER THE PICTURE SOON
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER INSIDE THE CWA OVERNIGHT.
HOWEVER...ODX DID RECEIVE A WIND GUST FROM OUTFLOW...A GUST TO 57
MPH.  NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THIS.

STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FRONT
DRAPED ACROSS OUR CWA TODAY.  STRONG DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT WITH
COUPLE JET WILL LIKELY RESULT HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF OUR CWA TODAY.  THE FRONT WILL BE
DRAPED ACROSS THE CWA IN AN ORIENTATION ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO UPPER
LEVEL FLOW.  WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE I SEE A DEFINITE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS TODAY.

AS FOR THE SEVERE THREAT...SINCE THERE IS A BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS
THE CWA TODAY...THIS COULD MEAN TROUBLE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
AREAS.  EXPECT INCREASED LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND STRONG DEEP LAYER
SHEAR.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND POSSIBLE.  ALSO A TORNADO
THREAT IS POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST.

DID SOME TWEAKING TO TEMPS AND POPS.  GENERALLY RAISED TEMPS A BIT
IN THE EXTENDED.

&&

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

&&

HEINLEIN

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:19 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
519 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>076-082>084-111200-
ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-CLAY NE-DAWSON NE-FRANKLIN NE-FURNAS NE-
GOSPER NE-GREELEY NE-HALL NE-HAMILTON NE-HARLAN NE-HOWARD NE-
KEARNEY NE-MERRICK NE-NANCE NE-PHELPS NE-POLK NE-SHERMAN NE-
VALLEY NE-YORK NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE...
KEARNEY...LEXINGTON AND YORK
519 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

CORRECTED TYPO

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING TODAY.  SOME
LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN BY THE END OF THE
DAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS
TODAY AND THIS EVENING COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND...WITH AN ISOLATED RISK OF A TORNADO...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM HOLDREDGE TO KEARNEY TO SAINT PAUL TO FULLERTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GID  (ALL LOWER CASE)

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ077-085>087-111200-
FILLMORE NE-JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-OSBORNE KS-PHILLIPS KS-
ROOKS KS-SMITH KS-THAYER NE-WEBSTER NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG
519 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS
TODAY AND THIS EVENING COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND...WITH AN ISOLATED RISK OF A TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GID  (ALL LOWER CASE)

HEINLEIN

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:44 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hamilton

When: April 10, 5:45 AM CST
Where: Hamilton County, 1 mi NW of Aurora
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.883, -98.017

Hail, Merrick

When: April 10, 5:53 AM CST
Where: Merrick County, Central City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.117, -98.000

Hail, Clay

When: April 10, 6:55 AM CST
Where: Clay County, 6 mi SE of Clay Center
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.467, -97.967

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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, April 2005

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: 5448032, 5448033, 5448034.