Hail, Antelope
- When
- March 30, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope County, Oakdale
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 42.067, -97.967
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 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:45 AM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes 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 56 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, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 24 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 12 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
&&
CZAPOTOCSpecial weather statement, Mar 30, 11:57 AM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1157 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>093-302000- 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 1157 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...WARNING DECISION UPDATE FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... 17Z SUBJECTIVE SFC ANLYS NOW INDICATES SFC LO PRES NE OF HLC KS. SFC DRY LINE EXTENDS SWD FM THE LOWS THROUGH KRSL TO KPTT. WE ARE SEEING IN THE RUC/LAPS THETA-E ANALYSIS PROGS A WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS SE NEB FROM NR KOLU SEWD TO KLNK TO KFNB. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DVLP ALNG THE SFC DRY LINE FM S-CNTRL NEB INTO CNTRL KS...AND MOVING TO THE NE ARND 40 KTS. ATMOSPHERE ACRS OUR SW CWA IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH LATEST RUC DATA INDICATING ARND 1200 J/KG OF MLCAPE. CONVECTIVE INHIBITION VIRTUALLY GONE AS SEEN IN THE LATEST SPC MESOANALYSIS GRAPHICS AND MODIFIED RUC SOUNDINGS. THE LFC HAS ALSO DROPPED TO LESS THEN 1000 M PER THESE MODIFIED SOUNDINGS. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE DVLPNG OVR N- CNTRL KS WL BE MOVING INTO THE THIS RICH ENVIRONMENT. EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 50 KTS AND EFFECTIVE HELICITY IS ARND 300 J/KG. THUS WE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED WITH SFC BASED SUPERCELLS THROUGH 2 PM OVR OUR SRN FA NR THE WK SFC BOUNDARY/DISCONTINUITY. OTHERWISE... LINEAR CONVECTION CONTINUES TO LINE UP FM OUR NW CWA INTO S-CNTRL NEB AND THIS IS LIKELY TO SWEEP INTO OUR CWA WITH A WIND THREAT THRU THE AFTN...BUT OUR INITIAL CONCERN WITH BE SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE LINE. BOUSTEAD
Local storm report, Mar 30, 11:59 AM CST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1159 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 AM HAIL 4 SW TILDEN 42.00N 97.89W
03/30/2006 E0.88 INCH ANTELOPE NE PUBLIC
1140 AM HAIL 3 NE TILDEN 42.07N 97.79W
03/30/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON NE PUBLIC
&&
CZAPOTOCLocal storm report, Mar 30, 12:21 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1221 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1219 PM HAIL WILBER 40.48N 96.96W
03/30/2006 E0.88 INCH SALINE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CZAPOTOCThe radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:26 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: 5495277.