Hail in Nebraska, April 21, 2005

Name: Hail in Nebraska, April 21, 2005
Start: 2005-04-21T15:20
End: 2005-04-21T15:20
Location: Nebraska

April 21, 2005 · 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 Apr 21, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
250 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

.DISCUSSION...

...MESOSCALE UPDATE...

CURRENTLY ISSUING WARNINGS ON STORM MOVING INTO BOON COUNTY. RADAR
DISPLAYS NEARLY 60 DBZ TO 20 K FT...WHICH SHOULD EASILY BE FAVORABLE
FOR HAIL. LATEST RUC ANLYS SOUNDINGS FOR THIS AREA INDCS A STABLE
LAYER TO NEAR THE SURFACE AND THIS MAY PRECLUDE TORNADO THREAT. THIS
STORMS ALSO REALLY IS NOT DISPLAYING ANY LO-LVL ROTATION.

STORMS ARE ALSO FIRING ALNG THE DRYLINE IN FILLMORE AND YORK COUNTY.
RUC ANLYS INDCS THESE STORMS ARE IN A MUCH BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR
SURFACED-BASED PARCELS TO BE INGESTED INTO THE STORM. STORM IN
FILLMORE COUNTY ALREADY DISPLAYING SOME MID-LVL ROTATION AND SHLD BE
SVR AS IT ENTERS THE CWA. STILL UNCERTAINTY TO ACTUAL QUALITY OF
THE NR SFC BASED STABILITY...BUT WE WILL BE VERY CLOSELY MONITORING
STORMS IN THIS AREA FOR ANY POSSIBLE TORS AS IT MOVES INTO
SEWARD/SALINE.

LEFT MOVER ALSO MOVING NWD THRU NRN KS AND ALTHOUGH HODOGRAPHS DO
SUPPORT SOME MID-LVL CYCLONIC ROTATION FAVORABLE FOR ANTI-CYCLONIC
STORMS...THIS THREAT IS MAINLY FM THE RIGHT MOVES. WE WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THIS STORM THOUGH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST.

BOUSTEAD

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS INITIALLY WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER...THEN HEAVY
RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS FRIDAY.  ATTENTION FOR THIS WEEKEND TURNS TO
FREEZING/FROST CONDITIONS.

THE RADIOSONDE FROM THIS MORNING HAD NEARLY 200% NORMAL PRECIPITABLE
WATER WITH 1.01 IN AND DRIER AIR FROM 11K TO 2K...THUS SOME GUSTY
WINDS WITH SOME OF THE EARLY TSRA.  WE ARE DOING AN 18Z BALLOON...SO
WILL GET THAT DATA EARLY TAF.

THE CLOSED LOW WAS OVER WRN NEB WITH CONVECTION AROUND THE LOW. THE
H5 TEMPS WERE QUITE COLD WITH -25 DEG C OVR WY AND CO AND -18 DEG.
THE H85 THERMAL RIDGE FM TX INTO ERN KS...WITH THE BETTER H85 WERE
FM ERN OK INTO ARKANSAS...WITH A SECONDARY MAX OVR ERN NEB..

SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEPICTED ON THE LATEST WSR-88D
IMAGE.  A LARGER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NRN MO AND INTO
SD...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAINS INTO WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
ISOLATED CELLS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LATEST
SUBJECTIVE SFC ANALYSIS HAD THE WRMFNT FROM LOW PRES OVR WCNTRL NEB
AND THE DRYLINE INTO CNTRL NEB.  THE BEST DEEP MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
WAS ALONG BOTH OF THESE BOUNDARIES.  TEMPERATURES WERE APPROACHING
80 DEGREES IN THE WARM SECTOR.  SFC DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE LOWER 60S
ALONG THE WRMFNT. THE VISIBLE STLT IS ALSO SHOWING PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT AND A MODERATE RISK
CATCHING MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE WX WITH LOW HEADING TOWARD
SE NEB AND TRIPLE POINT IN SE NEB.  HAVE STRONG WORDING TAF AND THIS
EVENING FOR SEVERE WX POTENTIAL WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND
HEAVY RAIN.  THE LOW WILL BE INTO SW IA BY THIS EVENING...THUS A
WATCH MAY BE EXTENDING FARTHER EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ONCE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LESSENS...THE FOCUS WILL BE ON
RAINFALL.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
CONVECTION...THEN LATER TONIGHT THE DEFORMATION BAND AROUND THE LOW
WILL PRODUCE STEADY RAINS OVER FOR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.  LOOK FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT.  THE
BUFKIT WAS SHOWING SOME PERIODS OF 30 TO 40 KT WINDS MIXING DOWN.
LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER AN ADVISORY BEHIND THE FRONT...FOR
NOW WILL INCLUDE WINDY IN THE FCST.  LOOK FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES
FRI WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S.

FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AM. HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THIS IN THE HWO.  HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FOR
SAT AND SUN.  DRY AND COOLER FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.  A STRONGER
LOBE OF ENERGY WILL ROTATE DOWN THROUGH THE PLAINS MON INTO
TUES...WITH A SFC LOW COMING INTO THE PLAINS WED NIGHT INTO THUR.
DID NOT CHANGE CHC FOR PRECIP MUCH MON INTO TUES AS MODELS HAVE BEEN
FLIP FLOPPING.  CONTINUED AT OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

NE...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR NEZ015-018-032>034-043>
045-050>053-067.
IA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR IAZ043-055-056-069-079-
080-090-091.

&&

ZAPOTOCNY

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 10:51 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1151 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-212330-
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-
1151 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  SEVERE
WEATHER IS LIKELY FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS.  A TORNADO WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL
5 PM. OUTSIDE OF THE WATCH AREA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AS A STORM SYSTEM ALOFT
CROSSES OVER THE REGION.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST
IOWA.  A FLOOD WATCH FOR THESE AREAS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON
FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY MORNINGS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

POLLACK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:03 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
403 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0357 PM     HAIL             STERLING                40.46N 96.38W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        JOHNSON            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BA

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:04 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
404 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0400 PM     HAIL             STERLING                40.46N 96.38W
04/21/2005  1.50 INCH        JOHNSON            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BA

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:08 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
408 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0405 PM     HAIL             2 W JOHNSON             40.41N 96.04W
04/21/2005  0.88 INCH        NEMAHA             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BA

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:13 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
413 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0350 PM     HAIL             4 N TABLE ROCK          40.24N 96.09W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        PAWNEE             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BA

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:17 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
417 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0413 PM     HAIL             11 W AUBURN             40.39N 96.05W
04/21/2005  0.88 INCH        NEMAHA             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BA

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:20 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
420 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0413 PM     HAIL             4 W COOK                40.51N 96.24W
04/21/2005  1.75 INCH        JOHNSON            NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BA

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Gage

When: April 21, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Gage County, Cortland
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.500, -96.700

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 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: 5442490.