Hail in Nebraska, September 15, 2006

Name: Hail in Nebraska, September 15, 2006
Start: 2006-09-15T20:25
End: 2006-09-15T20:35
Location: Nebraska

September 15, 2006 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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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 Sep 15, 3:06 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 3:06 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
406 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

.DISCUSSION...

PRIMARY PROBLEMS ARE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSORMS IN THE SHORT TERM
AND TEMPERATURES DURG THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK.

DEEP UPR TROF AT 12Z WAS OVR THE PACIFIC NW WITH SERIES OF LEAD
SHORTWV TOFS EJECTING OUT ACRS THE RCKYS AND CNTRL PLNS.  AT H85
PLUME OF MSTR EXTDS FM WRN TX ACRS CNTRL AND WRN NEBRASKA INTO THE
DAKOTAS.  STG LO LVL JET CONTS TO ADVCT LO LVL MSTR NWD INTO THE
CNTRL PLNS. LEAD UPR SHORTWV TROF IS ASSOCD WITH UPR LVL JET MAX
MOVG ACRS KS.  THIS SHUD ENHANCE UVVS ACRS NEBRASKA THIS EVENING.

SHORT TERM...SEVERAL WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSIBLE TONIGHT ACRS
THE OAX CWA.  THERE MAY BE A CHC OF ISOLD SVR TSTMS...ESPECIALLY N
OF COLUMBUS. ACTVITY THAT HAS BEEN DVLPG FM DAVID CITY TO MARSHALL
COUNTY KS IS ELEVATED CNVTN DUE TO ISENTROPIC LIFT.  A SECOND WAVE
OF MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER CNTRL AND WRN NEBRASKA
AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
MORNING.

ON SATURDAY SKIES SHUD CLEAR OUT BY MID MORNING AND ATMOSHERE SHUD
BCM UNSTBL BY AFTN INTO THE EVNG AHD OF AFTN.  NAM40 CAPES INDC CAPE
VALUES ABV 2000 J/KG.  HELICITY VALUES ON SATURDAY LOOK FVRBL FOR
SUPERCELLS STORMS AND POSSIBLE SQUALL LINE DVLPMT.  STG MID LVL DRY
PUNCH WL CREATE STGS ON PREFRONTAL TROF/DRYLN BY AFTN.

STORMS SHUD CONT ON SATURDAY NGT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE AREA
CLEARS OUT.

IN THE EXTENDED.  KEPT MAINLY DRY THRU THURSDAY NIGHT.  SOME SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING OVER NORTHEASTERN
PARTS OF THE OAX CWA AS ANOTHER UPR LVL SHRTWV TROF MOVS ACRS THE
RGN.

&&

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

SMITH

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 8:23 PM CST, 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
923 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161100-
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-
923 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MOVING INTO WESTERN IOWA THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
LOCATIONS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA
WILL LIKELY NOT SEE ANY SEVERE STORMS.  LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE AND ONE
HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH 60 TO 80 MPH WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE STORMS. DUE TO INCREDIBLY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR...
THERE ALSO IS A TORNADO THREAT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA YET THIS
EVENING...FROM CRETE NORTHWARD TOWARD PENDER.

SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER SATURDAY MORNING ALONG
AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS
A DRY LINE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE BY 2 TO 4 PM...
MOVING INTO THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA DURING
THE EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE MOSTLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE
ACROSS MAINLY NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA.  PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE
WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL ALSO BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA.

NWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 15, 7:26 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
826 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

0805 PM     TSTM WND GST     15 NW ALBION            42.27N 93.20W
09/15/2006  E60.00 MPH       HARDIN             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Sep 15, 7:33 PM CST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
833 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

0805 PM     TORNADO          SURPRISE                41.10N 97.31W
09/15/2006                   BUTLER             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOBILE HOME DESTROYED. ROOF TORN OFF BAR.

0810 PM     HAIL             ST. EDWARD              41.57N 97.86W
09/15/2006  E0.75 INCH       BOONE              NE   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Sep 15, 7:39 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
839 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

0815 PM     HAIL             DAVID CITY              41.25N 97.13W
09/15/2006  E0.75 INCH       BUTLER             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0820 PM     HAIL             5 SW LINDSAY            41.65N 97.76W
09/15/2006  E0.75 INCH       PLATTE             NE   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, Sep 15, 7:55 PM CST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
855 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

0855 PM     HAIL             MADISON                 41.83N 97.46W
09/15/2006  E0.75 INCH       MADISON            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

Local storm report, Sep 15, 8:22 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
922 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 S RISING CITY         41.08N 97.30W
09/15/2006                   BUTLER             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DAMAGE REPORTED IN A BARNYARD. RELAYED THROUGH EMERGENCY
            MANAGEMENT.

0917 PM     HAIL             4 N VALPARAISO          41.14N 96.83W
09/15/2006  E1.25 INCH       SAUNDERS           NE   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Local storm report, Sep 15, 8:24 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
924 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

0856 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 N FREMONT             41.50N 96.49W
09/15/2006  E60.00 MPH       DODGE              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0905 PM     HAIL             3 SE BRAINARD           41.15N 96.96W
09/15/2006  E1.25 INCH       BUTLER             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:26 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pierce

When: September 15, 8:25 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
Where: Pierce County, Pierce
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.200, -97.533

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, September 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: 5533595.