Hail, Seward
- When
- July 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County, 2.95 mi NNE of Krutz Arpt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.960, -97.060
Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 26, 2012
A few thunderstorms developed along a very weak cold front over southeast Nebraska. Moderate instability was in place with surface dewpoints in the upper 60s to lower 70s south of the front.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 OAX wrote it up.
A few thunderstorms developed along a very weak cold front over southeast Nebraska. Moderate instability was in place with surface dewpoints in the upper 60s to lower 70s south of the front. Once convective temperatures were reached, a few severe thunderstorms developed.
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 Jul 26, 5:14 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 5:14 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 614 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KOFK...KLNK VFR CONDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. SCT CU AT OMA/LNK WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE THIS EVNG LEAVING CLR SKIES FOR ALL 3 TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AND FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD. BOUSTEAD && .DISCUSSION... SMALL CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...THEN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...ARE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS. SECONDARY COOL FRONT WAS DROPPING THROUGH THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WERE SIMILAR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BOUNDARY...BUT DEW POINTS DRIED CONSIDERABLY BEHIND THE FRONT. DEW POINTS WERE IN THE THE 50S IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AS OF 2 PM...WHILE SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA HAD DEW POINTS BETWEEN 65 AND 70. INSTABILITY WAS INCREASING IN THIS AREA WITH MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES TOPPING 3000 J/KG. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WAS RATHER WEEK AS WINDS ONLY TURNED FROM WEST TO NORTHWEST AHEAD AND BEHIND FRONT. AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WERE RATHER TIMID AS WELL. STILL CUMULUS FIELD WAS BUBBLING UP IN CYCLONIC FLOW IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. NAM...GFS AND HRRR ALL SUGGEST SOME CONVECTION WILL FIRE IN THE UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GIVEN INSTABILITY AND WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT...PLUS THE FACT THAT RETURNS ARE SHOWING UP ON RADAR...WILL INSERT ISOLATED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THOSE AREAS. STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OR DISSIPATE RATHER QUICKLY BY SUNSET...LEAVING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN OVERNIGHT. THAT HIGH AND A REDUCTION IN 850 TEMPS BY 5C OR SO WILL LEAD TO COOLER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY. HAVE HIGHS FROM THE MIDDLE 80S NORTH TO NEAR 90 SOUTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT NORTH OR NORTHEAST WINDS. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...RETURN FLOW BEGINS AS SHORTWAVE MOVES OFF THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE REGION. MODELS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING THIS THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND ARE NOW CONVERGING ON A TRACK THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY 12Z SATURDAY. THIS WILL SHIFT AXIS OF ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION NORTH OF OUR CURRENT FORECAST...WITH HIGHEST POPS ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. WILL MAINTAIN SMALL POPS SOUTHWARD AT LEAST TO INTERSTATE 80 LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING WHERE HIGHER THETA-E AIR WILL RIDE NORTH. AREA SHOULD LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL MAINTAIN SMALL POPS IN OUR FAR NORTHEAST THEN. A SIMILAR SITUATION WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE ROLLS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW THIS WAVE A BIT FARTHER NORTH THAN FRIDAY NIGHT WAVE...BUT MOISTURE...LOW LEVEL JET AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL ALL BE MORE CONDUCIVE FOR SCATTERED OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. THUS WILL KEEP OUR SMALL POPS FOR MOST OF THE CWA WITH HIGHEST CHANCES AGAIN IN THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. SURFACE FRONT WILL TRAIL THIS SECOND WAVE AND SETTLE ACROSS THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. GFS AND ECMWF TRIGGER PRECIPITATION ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS YET ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPS THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...BUT EACH MODEL HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TRACK. WILL KEEP OUR DRY AND WARMER FORECAST GOING THROUGH MID WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION. MODELS ARE A LITTLE LESS BULLISH ON BRINGING THIS INTO THE PLAINS...POSSIBLY ALLOWING MORE SHORTWAVES TO DROP INTO THE REGION BRINGING SPORADIC PRECIP CHANCES. DERGAN && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:37 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 437 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050>053-065>067- 078-088>090-092-271145- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE- BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON- BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-PAWNEE- 437 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 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 FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY. IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ068-091-093-271145- POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-NEMAHA- RICHARDSON- 437 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 26, 3:56 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
456 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 6 N RED OAK 41.10N 95.22W
07/26/2012 E1.00 INCH MONTGOMERY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JBLocal storm report, Jul 26, 4:00 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
500 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0453 PM HAIL 3 N RED OAK 41.06N 95.22W
07/26/2012 E1.75 INCH MONTGOMERY IA EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
JBLocal storm report, Jul 26, 4:14 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
514 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 PM HAIL RED OAK 41.01N 95.22W
07/26/2012 E1.00 INCH MONTGOMERY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JBSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 4:46 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
546 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
IAZ091-262315-
PAGE IA-
546 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PAGE COUNTY UNTIL 615
PM CDT...
AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLARINDA...OR 31 MILES NORTH
OF MARYVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARINDA AND SHAMBAUGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN OMAHA.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 9499 4058 9500 4078 9513 4080 9512
4089 9494 4089 9493 4073 9493 4073 9491
4057 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 329DEG 28KT 4079 9499
DEELocal storm report, Jul 26, 4:56 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
556 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0541 PM HAIL 5 NNE YORKTOWN 40.80N 95.12W
07/26/2012 E1.00 INCH PAGE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JBSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 6:35 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 735 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 NEZ065-270100- SEWARD NE- 735 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEWARD...OR 24 MILES EAST OF YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEWARD...STAPLEHURST...GARLAND AND BEE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4104 9718 4103 9693 4081 9696 4094 9726 TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 313DEG 21KT 4093 9712 BOUSTEAD
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Seward
- When
- July 26, 6:50 PM CST to 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County, 0.87 mi SW of Garland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.940, -96.990
Hail around 1 inch in diameter was reported in the Garland area. The hail was accompanied by winds estimated at around 60 mph. The wind and hail flattened some crops nearby.
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- July 26, 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County, 0.87 mi SW of Garland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.940, -96.990
One inch hail was accompanied by thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph. The wind and hail flattened some crops in the area.
Hail, Lancaster
- When
- July 26, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 1.25 mi WNW of Malcolm
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.910, -96.870
The hail was accompanied by winds that were measured at 53 mph by home weather equipment.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 26, 2012
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 26, 2012
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 26, 2012
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 2012
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: 388690, 388691, 388693, 388692.