Hail, Hamilton
- When
- April 15, 2:57 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 1 mi NW of Hordville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -97.917
Hail in Nebraska, April 15, 2006
Afternoon thunderstorms became severe northeast of Grand Island. The storms produce penny to quarter sized hail as they drifted northeast.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Afternoon thunderstorms became severe northeast of Grand Island. The storms produce penny to quarter sized hail as they drifted northeast. No damage was reported from this event.
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 15, 2:31 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 2:31 PM CST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
331 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006
.SHORT TERM...THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY. NOT TOO MANY WIDESWEEPING
CHANGES TO FORECAST IN SHORT TERM. DEALING MOSTLY WITH NEXT FEW
HOURS AND SEVERE POTENTIAL. DRYLINE IS MOVING THROUGH THE
NORTHEASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA AND SEVERE CONVECTION IS
FIRING. EVENT SHOULD BE OVER WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR US
JUDGING BY THE TIMING OF THE DRY LINE. TOOK OUT POPS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT AS WE LOOK QUITE DRY FOR LOWER LEVELS. NAM IS HINTING AT
SOME STRATUS DEVELOPING WITH UPSLOPE FLOW...BUT HAVE NOT BOUGHT
INTO IT.
.LONG TERM...12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FOCUS IN THE EXTENDED IS
ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES TUESDAY AND TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD.
AN UPPER LOW MOVES FROM THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY. HELD ONTO SOME SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH WARM
AIR AND MOISTURE ADVECTION ALONG THE LLJ. WITH THE NORTHERLY TRACK
OF THE LOW...THE DRY SLOT WORKS INTO THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA AND
LIMITED MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WILL SEVERELY LIMIT PRECIP CHANCES.
THE FAR NORTHERN CWA WILL SEE THE BEST SHOT FOR ANY RAIN...HOWEVER
IT LOOKS LIKE ANY SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL STAY NORTH AND EAST
OF THE ENTIRE CWA. THE SURFACE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER
LOW SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH
BREEZY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND IT. MAX TEMPS ARE A LITTLE TRICKY
ON TUESDAY GIVEN FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT HAVE PAINTED MAXES FROM UPPER
50S NORTHWEST TO AROUND 70 SOUTHEAST FOR NOW.
THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS ON
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL WRAP SOME CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTH...BUT ANY
PRECIP LOOKS TO STAY WELL NORTH OF THE CWA. TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR
OR A COUPLE DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER LOW MOVES
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES REGION ON THURSDAY WITH WEAK
RIDGING OR QUASI-ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN CONUS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE IN THIS PATTERN...AND CONTINUE
TO WARM FRIDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE PLAINS. THE LLJ
PICKS UP FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ANY CHANCE OF
PRECIP STAYS WELL SOUTH OF THE CWA SO WILL STICK WITH THE GOING DRY
FORECAST. HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO BUILD ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF UPPER LOW
DIGGING OVER SOUTHWEST U.S. WITH TEMPS REACHING AROUND 70 DEGREES IN
RESPONSE.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ060-NEZ061-
NEZ072-NEZ073-NEZ074-NEZ082-NEZ083-NEZ084.
KS...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ005-
KSZ006-KSZ017-KSZ018.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ005-KSZ006-
KSZ017-KSZ018.
&&
HEINLEINHazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 10:57 AM CST, 4 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-161200- VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON- YORK- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM TODAY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. A SMALL...BRIEF TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY EAST OF FULLERTON AND NORTH OF OSCEOLA. THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY THROUGH THE EVENING...DUE TO STRONG WINDS... WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FROM 3 PM TO 8 PM. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NEZ077-087-161200- FILLMORE-THAYER- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM TODAY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY THROUGH THE EVENING...DUE TO STRONG WINDS... WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ007-019-NEZ075-076-085-086-161200- JEWELL-MITCHELL-ADAMS-CLAY-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM TODAY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY THROUGH THE EVENING...DUE TO STRONG WINDS... WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ072>074-082>084-161200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. A WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY THROUGH THE EVENING...DUE TO STRONG WINDS... WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NEZ060-061-161200- DAWSON-BUFFALO- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. A WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY THROUGH THE EVENING...DUE TO STRONG WINDS... WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FROM 2 PM TO 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) HEINLEIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:22 PM CST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 322 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 NEZ041-152045- NANCE- 322 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NANCE COUNTY... AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAPMAN...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FULLERTON AT 335 PM CDT... BELGRADE AT 340 PM CDT... PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:28 PM CST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 328 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 NEZ040-152100- GREELEY- 328 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREELEY COUNTY... AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOLBACH...OR 36 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPALDING AT 340 PM CDT... DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:39 PM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 339 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 NEZ064-152115- YORK- 339 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR YORK COUNTY... AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LUSHTON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YORK... AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BRADSHAW AT 350 PM CDT... THAYER AT 400 PM CDT... BENEDICT AT 405 PM CDT... DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:54 PM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 354 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 NEZ077-152130- FILLMORE- 354 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY... ...GUSTNADOES POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS FILLMORE COUNTY... AT 355 PM STORM SPOTTERS SIGHTED A POSSIBLE GUSTNADO NEAR GENEVA IN FILLMORE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH TYPICALLY WEAKER AND SHORTER LIVED THAN A TORNADO GUSTNADOES CAN STILL CAUSE INJURY OR MINOR DAMAGE. GUSTNADOES TYPICALLY APPEAR AS A SWIRL OF DUST OR DEBRIS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW. THERE IS USUALLY NO CONDENSATION FUNNEL OR OTHER VISIBLE CONNECTION TO THE CLOUD BASE ABOVE. SINCE THEY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF A STORM...GUSTNADOES ARE NOT USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A WALL CLOUD OR RAIN-FREE CLOUD BASE. THEREFORE...THESE VORTICIES ARE TYPICALLY DIFFIFULT TO IDENTIFY VISUALLY. SOME GUSTNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW CAN BECOME MORE INTENSE AND MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLE A TRADITIONAL TORNADO. AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIRMONT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF YORK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
Event by event
9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, York
- When
- April 15, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- York County, 4 mi S of Bradshaw
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.833, -97.733
Hail, Merrick
- When
- April 15, 3:02 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County, 3 mi NE of Central City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -97.967
Hail, Nance
- When
- April 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County, 2 mi N of Fullerton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -97.983
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 15, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Osceola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP STATION
- Coordinates
- 41.183, -97.550
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 15, 3:23 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 5 mi WSW of Osceola
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -97.633
Hail, York
- When
- April 15, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- York County, 4 mi NE of Waco
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.933, -97.400
Hail, Nance
- When
- April 15, 3:30 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County, Genoa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP STATION
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -97.733
Hail, Merrick
- When
- April 15, 3:39 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County, 4 mi NE of Silver Creek
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -97.617
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
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More
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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: 5502508, 5502509, 5502510, 5502511, 5502512, 5502513, 5502514, 5502515, 5502516.