Nebraska storm reports for May 2, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Nebraska, May 2, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 55 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Nebraska on May 2, 2012.

in Nebraska; 59
Storm reports: Near 40.58, -98.38, NE; 4.25 in
Largest hail: About 22 miles from Lincoln, NE; 60 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 40.34, -97.79, NE; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 2, 2012 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail55, most at 10 PM

Wind3, most at 12 AM

Tornado1, most at 10 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
10:03 PM	EF1	Near 40.34, -97.79, NE	1.01 mi long, 250 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:29 PM	0.75 in	Near 41.12, -98.55, NE
7:47 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.22, -98.49, NE
7:50 PM	1.5 in	Near 41.40, -98.18, NE
7:50 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.41, -98.17, NE
8:07 PM	1.5 in	Near 41.37, -98.10, NE
8:17 PM	1.5 in	Near 41.54, -98.12, NE
8:24 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.40, -97.98, NE
8:34 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.34, -97.97, NE
8:34 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.53, -97.99, NE
8:35 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.83, -99.25, NE
8:38 PM	2.0 in	Near 41.40, -97.97, NE
8:43 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.69, -98.02, NE

Show all 55 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:45 PM	1.25 in	Near 41.40, -97.94, NE
8:56 PM	2.0 in	Near 41.45, -97.73, NE
9:05 PM	2.0 in	Near 41.38, -97.73, NE
9:28 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.37, -98.05, NE
9:35 PM	0.75 in	Near 41.61, -98.18, NE
9:49 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.42, -97.72, NE
10:05 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.50, -97.94, NE
10:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.58, -98.38, NE
10:15 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.58, -98.38, NE
10:17 PM	4.25 in	Near 40.58, -98.38, NE
10:21 PM	0.75 in	About 56 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.58, -98.38, NE
10:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.58, -98.38, NE
10:34 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.50, -97.94, NE
10:39 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.69, -97.78, NE
10:44 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.78, -98.15, NE
10:47 PM	0.75 in	About 51 miles from Lincoln, NE
10:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.68, -97.72, NE
11:17 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.58, -98.38, NE
11:25 PM	1.75 in	About 37 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:33 PM	0.88 in	About 51 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:36 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.58, -98.38, NE
11:38 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.58, -98.50, NE
11:44 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.64, -98.38, NE
11:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.70, -97.45, NE
11:47 PM	2.5 in	Near 40.62, -98.40, NE
11:48 PM	1.25 in	About 30 miles from Lincoln, NE
11:58 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.33, -97.19, NE
12:12 AM	0.88 in	About 25 miles from Lincoln, NE
12:26 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.42, -98.42, NE
12:35 AM	0.75 in	In Lincoln, NE
12:40 AM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Lincoln, NE
1:08 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.35, -98.13, NE
1:15 AM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Omaha, NE
1:26 AM	0.88 in	Near 40.50, -97.94, NE
1:28 AM	1.75 in	Near 40.43, -98.08, NE
1:35 AM	0.75 in	About 5 miles from Omaha, NE
1:39 AM	0.75 in	About 2 miles from Omaha, NE
1:42 AM	0.75 in	Near 40.55, -97.92, NE
2:02 AM	0.88 in	Near 40.50, -98.25, NE
4:13 AM	1.75 in	Near 40.47, -98.65, NE
4:44 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.52, -98.38, NE
5:51 AM	1.0 in	Near 40.50, -97.94, NE

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lincoln, NE	0.75 in	None	0
Omaha, NE	0.75 in	None	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.

Time	Gust	Where
12:26 AM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Lincoln, NE
12:28 AM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Lincoln, NE
1:15 AM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Lincoln, NE