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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.
The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
A week cold front initiated storms in eastern Nebraska resulting in widespread hail reports with the largest size reported at 2.75.
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 Aug 18, 2:38 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 338 PM CDT Thu Aug 18 2022 .DISCUSSION... Issued at 338 PM CDT Thu Aug 18 2022 A shortwave trough over the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota will continue deepen and drop south into northern Iowa overnight. Ahead of this, a surface cold front continues to drop southeast into northeast Nebraska this afternoon. It is forecast to stall a bit this evening before pushing through the entire forecast area overnight. Isolated severe storms are possible late this afternoon into the early evening hours near the boundary as it moves into a moderately unstable environment currently in place over northeast Nebraska. Surface temperatures ahead of the front have warmed into the upper 80s to around 90 in many locations. On top of cooling mid-levels, mid-level lapse rates continue to steepen across northeast Nebraska. 0-6km bulk shear remains around 35kts with 0-8km around 50kts off the SPC meso page. This environment is supportive of discrete supercells mainly capable of damaging wind gusts and large hail. The CAMs remain in good agreement of timing with 4pm-8pm still the main severe time-frame. Showers may linger overnight as they approach I-80 after 03z but severe threat is expected to wane after sunset. Depending on where the front stalls, another round of potentially active weather is possible for areas south of I-80 on Friday. The HRRR has started to pick up on thunderstorm development mid-afternoon Friday along I- 80, some of which could be severe. A warming trend is forecast as we move into early next week as upper- level ridging builds to our west. Highs look to be primarily in the 80s for most areas. No significant precipitation is forecast during this time. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday afternoon) Issued at 1214 PM CDT Thu Aug 18 2022 VFR conditions are expected through much of the period with a chance for a few strong to severe storms, primarily affecting KOFK from near 22-24z. Some convective debris in the form of remnant cloud cover or scattered showers is possible at both KLNK and KOMA with variable wind gusts up to near 30kts from 00z-03z. Winds will turn to the northwest behind a cold front passing through the region with a few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms possible just beyond this TAF cycle on Friday. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...None. IA...None. && DISCUSSION...Kern AVIATION...Kern
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 341 PM CDT Thu Aug 18 2022 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-191045- Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont- Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison- Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler- Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline- Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson- 341 PM CDT Thu Aug 18 2022 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 Strong to severe storms are possible through 8 PM along and north of a David City to Fremont to Onawa, Iowa line. Wind gusts up to 60 to 65 mph are possible, as is large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday night through Thursday Thunderstorms are again possible on Friday, especially during the afternoon. A few storms could be strong, generally along and south of I-80 in Nebraska. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed across northeast Nebraska this afternoon.
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported hail up to around1 inch in diameter or perhaps a bit larger. It hailed off and on for over 15 minutes with variable size. There was not a lot of large hail.
Storm chaser reported 2.75 inch hail.
Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail.
Emergency manager reported 1 inch hail.
Public reported a lot of hail, most of it nickel size with some stones up to 1 inch.
Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail.
Several reports received from the public, one was for hail up to quarter size. Several reports within 1 mile of this location reported pea to half inch hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 2022
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: 1045935, 1045936, 1045937, 1045938, 1045939, 1045940, 1045941.