Hail, Knox
- When
- March 30, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Knox County, 4 mi S of Bloomfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -97.633
Hail in Nebraska, March 30, 2006
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
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 Mar 30, 2:45 AM CST, 9 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:45 AM CST, 9 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 245 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 07Z SHOWED PRIMARY LOW OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA WITH TROF/DRYLINE THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA AND EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS. SOME SHOWERS HAVE STARTED TO POP UP OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AT 08Z. TEMPERATURES HAVENT DROPPED OFF MUCH THIS MORNING WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA SO WILL BE STARTING OFF ON THE WARM SIDE WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING. SOME SPOTS MAY BRUSH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AT TIMES THIS MORNING BUT WITH 850MB WIND AXIS SHIFTING EAST AND DROPPING OFF A BIT THROUGH 18Z WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY WIND HEADLINES AT THIS TIME. MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH SPC PLACING SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA AND FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA UNDER A MODERATE RISK AND SLIGHT RISK ELSEWHERE. HAVE BACKED OFF SOME ON POPS THIS MORNING WITH 06Z MODELS WAITING UNTIL AFTER 15Z BEFORE BRINGING MUCH MID LEVEL INSTABILITY INTO THE AREA. AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING STILL EXPECTED TO BE MAIN PERIOD FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL AND HAVE CONTINUED WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. LITTLE CHANGE TO REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AS PATTERN REMAINS PROGRESSIVE AND ACTIVE THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && FOBERT
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 10:29 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1029 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-310000- 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- 1029 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND THESE STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY DURING THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND SHOULD HAVE FAIRLY LOW CLOUD BASES. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY. THE SEVERE WEATHER IS THE RESULT OF INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN IOWA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A CONFERENCE CALL WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 AM CST. NIETFELD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 30, 9:18 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
918 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 AM HAIL 2 E PRAGUE 41.31N 96.77W
03/30/2006 E0.88 INCH SAUNDERS NE PUBLIC
0840 AM HAIL 3 ENE GARLAND 40.96N 96.93W
03/30/2006 E1.00 INCH SEWARD NE PUBLIC
&&
BGSpecial weather statement, Mar 30, 10:39 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1039 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-301800- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE... BLAIR...BLOOMFIELD...CLARINDA...COLUMBUS...COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE... DAVID CITY...FAIRBURY...FALLS CITY...FREMONT...GLENWOOD...HARLAN... HARTINGTON...LINCOLN...LOGAN...NEBRASKA CITY...NELIGH...NORFOLK... OMAHA...ONAWA...PAWNEE CITY...PENDER...PIERCE...PLATTSMOUTH... RED OAK...SCHUYLER...SEWARD...SIDNEY...STANTON...TECUMSEH... TEKAMAH...WAHOO...WAYNE...WEST POINT 1039 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...WARNING DECISION UPDATE FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA... 16Z SUBJECTIVE SFC ANLYS INDCD LO PRES OVR N-CNTRL KS. AN INVERTED TROF EXTENDED NWD THRU CNTRL NEB INTO SE SD. SURFACE DRY LINE EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THE LOW THRU CNTRL KS. RUC THETA-E ANALYS INDICATES A WEAK NW TO SE BOUNDARY FROM NEAR KOFK SEWD TO JUST SOUTH OF THE OMA METRO AREA. THIS PUTS MOST OF OUR SOUTHERN FA IN THE WARM SECTOR. WAA TSRA CONT TO DVLP ABOVE THE STABLE SFC LAYER OVR E-CNTRL NEB INTO WESTERN IA. WLD EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONT THRU THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS AS STG ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTS AHEAD OF THE UPPR LVL CYCLONE. CORE WITHIN THESE CELLS HAVE SHOWN SOME TENDENCY TO REACH NR SVR LIMITS...BUT ONLY FOR A SHRT TIME. OUR SW FA CONTS TO SEE SOME FILTERED SUN AND THIS IS ALLOWING FOR SOME SFC BASED INSTABILITY TO INCREASE. LATEST MODIFIED RUC SOUNDING FOR LOCATIONS NR KFBY INCATES ARND 1200 J/KG OF MLCAPE WITH ARND 98 J/KG OF CIN REMAINING. THUS STORMS OVR CNTRL NEB MAY BECOME MORE SFC-BASED AS THEY MOVE INTO OUR SW CWA THRU NOON. ALTHOUGH STORMS MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY SFC BASED...TORNADO THREAT STILL A LITTLE LIMITED THROUGH NOON UNTIL LFC (WHICH CURRENTLY IS ARND 9 K FT) DROPS AND INHIBITION WEAKENS. BOUSTEAD
Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:44 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1044 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 AM HAIL 7 W ALBION 41.69N 98.14W
03/30/2006 E1.00 INCH BOONE NE CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
CZAPOTOCLocal storm report, Mar 30, 11:01 AM CST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1101 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1058 AM HAIL ALBION 41.69N 98.00W
03/30/2006 E0.75 INCH BOONE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CZAPOTOCLocal storm report, Mar 30, 11:08 AM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1108 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM HAIL SCRIBNER 41.66N 96.66W
03/30/2006 E0.75 INCH DODGE NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BGLocal storm report, Mar 30, 11:13 AM CST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1113 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1108 AM HAIL 7 W FREMONT 41.44N 96.63W
03/30/2006 E0.88 INCH DODGE NE PUBLIC
&&
CZAPOTOCThe radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes in Missouri, March 30, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 30, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 30, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 30, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 30, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, March 30, 2006
- Wildfire in Kansas, March 30, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, March 30, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 30, 2006
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 30, 2006
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 30 to 31, 2006
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 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: 5495272.