Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 2005
Start: 2005-04-11T13:08
End: 2005-04-11T13:08
Location: Nebraska

April 11, 2005 · 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 Apr 11, 10:37 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 10:37 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

NEZ001>012-015>094-112355-

NEBRASKA GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1137 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE FOLLOWING
CATEGORIES ACROSS THE STATE...

    PANHANDLE         LOW
    NORTH CENTRAL     LOW
    NORTHEAST         LOW
    SOUTHWEST         LOW
    SOUTHEAST         LOW

    PART OF STATE    HIGH TEMP      MINIMUM RH     WIND
    PANHANDLE        MID 40S        50 PERCENT     15 TO 20 MPH
    NORTH CENTRAL    LOWER 40S      70 PERCENT     15 TO 20 MPH
    NORTHEAST        LOWER 50S      70 PERCENT     10 TO 15 MPH
    SOUTHWEST        MID 40S        60 PERCENT     15 TO 20 MPH
    SOUTHEAST        NEAR 70        60 PERCENT     10 TO 15 MPH

LOW FIRE DANGER MEANS...CONTROLLED BURNS CAN BE EXECUTED WITH
REASONABLE SAFETY.

REMEMBER THAT DRIVING THROUGH OR PARKING IN AREAS WITH TALL...DRY
GRASS COULD START A FIRE.  USE EXTRA CAUTION WITH THE DISPOSAL
OF SMOKING MATERIALS.

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 8:48 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
948 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-112330-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-
FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LANCASTER-MADISON-
MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PIERCE-
PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-
SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
948 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE LIKELY TO BE SEVERE...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM DAVID CITY
TO TEKAMAH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORM ARE LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN AN
AREA FROM NEAR FAIRBURY TO LINCOLN TO NEBRASKA CITY AND LOCATIONS
SOUTH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM LATE THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

BOUSTEAD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 11, 9:56 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1056 AM CDT MON APR 11 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 AM     HAIL             VERDIGRE                42.60N 98.04W
04/10/2005  0.88 INCH        KNOX               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CHERMOK

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:11 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1211 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ034-044-045-051>053-066>068-
078-088>093-120100-
BURT-CASS-DODGE-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-
JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-
PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-
SHELBY IA-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE...BLAIR...
CLARINDA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE...FAIRBURY...FALLS CITY...
FREMONT...GLENWOOD...HARLAN...LINCOLN...LOGAN...LOUISVILLE...
NEBRASKA CITY...OMAHA...ONAWA...PAWNEE CITY...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
TECUMSEH...TEKAMAH...WAHOO
1211 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 151 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR PARTS
OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...

COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE AS FOLLOWS...

IN EASTERN NEBRASKA...

BURT...CASS...DODGE...DOUGLAS...GAGE...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...
LANCASTER...NEMAHA...OTOE...PAWNEE...RICHARDSON...SALINE...
SARPY...SAUNDERS...WASHINGTON.

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

FREMONT...HARRISON...MILLS...MONONA...MONTGOMERY...PAGE...
POTTAWATTAMIE...SHELBY.

DERGAN

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jefferson

When: April 11, 1:08 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 3 mi W of Plymouth
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.300, -97.033

Dime to nickel size hail covered Highway 4 near town.

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: 5443687.