Hail in Nebraska, October 6, 2016

Name: Hail in Nebraska, October 6, 2016
Start: 2016-10-06T10:10
End: 2016-10-06T15:59
Location: Nebraska

October 6, 2016 · NWS OAX · 9 events in 5 counties and zones

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: 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 OAX wrote it up.

A stationary boundary extended from western Iowa into central Kansas. This boundary became a warm front during the day retreating into eastern Nebraska by afternoon as a deep area of low pressure moved northeast toward the area. Thunderstorms developed early in the day as the warm and moist air began to return to the region, and these produced isolated occurrences of large hail. During the mid afternoon additional thunderstorms developed over eastern Kansas with an intense supercell lifting north into southeast Nebraska producing large damaging hail.

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 Oct 6, 5:32 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 5:32 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:08 UTC.

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Event by event

9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lancaster

When: October 6, 10:10 AM CST
Where: Lancaster County, 1.05 mi E of Roca
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.650, -96.630

Hail, Lancaster

When: October 6, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Lancaster County, 1.48 mi SSE of Clearidge Arpt
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.700, -96.470

Hail, Lancaster

When: October 6, 10:20 AM CST
Where: Lancaster County, 2.6 mi SE of Cheneys
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.700, -96.570

Hail, Sarpy

When: October 6, 11:25 AM CST
Where: Sarpy County, 1.38 mi S of Richfield
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.100, -96.080

Hail, Cedar

When: October 6, 2:17 PM CST
Where: Cedar County, 2.9 mi ENE of Magnet
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 42.470, -97.430

Hail, Jefferson

When: October 6, 3:28 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 2.14 mi SSE of Gladstone
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.140, -97.290

Hail, Jefferson

When: October 6, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 1.05 mi W of Daykin
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 40.320, -97.300

Hail, Jefferson

When: October 6, 3:46 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 1.05 mi E of Daykin
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.320, -97.260

Hail, Saline

When: October 6, 3:59 PM CST
Where: Saline County, 2.52 mi ENE of Western
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.420, -97.160

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, October 2016

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 661204, 661205, 661206, 661207, 661208, 661209, 661210, 661211, 661212.