Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 2006

Name: Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 2006
Start: 2006-04-11T18:10
End: 2006-04-11T18:10
Location: Nebraska

April 11, 2006 · 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 11, 1:25 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 1:25 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
225 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION THROUGH THE EVENING. THE
ATTENTION WILL TURN TOWARD TEMPERATURES AFTER THAT. SYSTEM DURING
THE WEEKEND STILL SEEMS STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT CHANCE POPS.

SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 19Z SHOWED A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
FROM MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN KANSAS. A 999 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER
WAS NOTED ALONG THE FRONT IN NERN NE. SURFACE DEWPOINTS SOUTH OF
THE LOW HAD DROPPED INTO THE 35-45 F RANGE. ELSEWHERE...DEWPOINTS
WERE MAINLY 45-50. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED CLOUDS TRYING
TO DEVELOP FROM ALBION TOWARD YANKTON AND WAYNE. LATEST WATER
VAPOR LOOP DEPICTED A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE REGION. RUC INITIALIZATION AT 18Z INDICATED 12 HOUR
500 MB HEIGHT FALLS IN EXCESS OF 80 METERS IN NWRN KS. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IS LIMITED...BUT IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH
DYNAMICS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SEVERE POTENTIAL IS THERE...BUT NOT OVERLY HIGH. WILL
END CHANCE OF PCPN BY 06Z TONIGHT...EXCEPT OVER THE SWRN CORNER
OF IOWA...WHERE WILL LINGER SOME LOW POPS UNTIL 09Z.

WILL KEEP THINGS DRY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WEDNESDAY
STILL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DAY...WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS. 850 MB
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 13-15 DEGREES C. THE 12Z NAM/ETA
IS WARMER...AND IS PREFERRED OVER THE SLIGHTLY COOLER GFS. HIGHS
SHOULD REACH 75-80. PREVIOUS SHIFT BOOSTED HIGHS THURSDAY...AND
THAT WAS NOT CHANGED. LOOKS LIKE HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MID 80S...
AND COULD END UP JUST A BIT WARMER IF WE GET FULL MIXING.

BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WRN IA COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...
IF THE ATMOSPHERE IS NOT CAPPED. BETTER CHANCE IS STILL EXPECTED
OVER THE WEEKEND. THE ECMWF IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE GFS WITH THE
SYSTEM. ELEVATED STORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT NORTH OF
THE SURFACE WARM FRONT. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EASTWARD DURING THE
DAY SATURDAY...BUT IT PROBABLY WILL NOT REACH OUR AREA UNTIL
SATURDAY NIGHT. THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCE. WE MIGHT
SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS ON SUNDAY...IF THE SYSTEM SLOWS DOWN.
LEFT SOME LOW POPS IN FOR NOW IN OUR NRN AND ERN ZONES. HIGHS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD REACH THE MID 70S NORTH TO LOWER 80S
SOUTH...BUT SUNDAY WILL BE 5-10 DEGREES COOLER. EARLY NEXT WEEK
...AT LEAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SHOULD BE DRY.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
IA...NONE.

&&

MILLER

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 4:38 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
538 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-121145-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
538 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

PLAN ON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST IOWA. WHILE SMALL
HAIL AND SOME GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE... NUMEROUS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE RESULT OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION. MOISTURE IS LIMITED WITH THIS FRONT...WHICH IS
LIMITING THE INSTABILITY. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND
THE GROUND COOLS OFF AFTER SUNSET...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY ACROSS
MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT.

DDN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:41 PM CST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
641 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

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

0615 PM     HAIL             FIRTH                   40.53N 96.60W
04/11/2006  E0.75 INCH       LANCASTER          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SK

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:43 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
643 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

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

0629 PM     HAIL             1 SW PLATTSMOUTH        41.00N 95.90W
04/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       CASS               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SK

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:45 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
645 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

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

0631 PM     HAIL             PLATTSMOUTH             41.01N 95.89W
04/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       CASS               NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SK

Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:47 PM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
647 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

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

0635 PM     HAIL             PLATTSMOUTH             41.01N 95.89W
04/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       CASS               NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SK

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nemaha

When: April 11, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Nemaha County, Johnson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.417, -96.000

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, April 2006

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: 5500914.