Nebraska storm reports for May 9, 2016

Name: NOAA storm reports, Nebraska, May 9, 2016
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 39 hail reports and 5 tornado reports in Nebraska on May 9, 2016.

in Nebraska; 44
Storm reports: About 7 miles from Lincoln, NE; 5.0 in
Largest hail: Highest rating EF2, about 31 miles from Omaha, NE; 5
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

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.

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 9, 2016 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

Hail39, most at 4 PM

Tornado5, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:25 PM	EF1	About 6 miles from Lincoln, NE	0.53 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:30 PM	EF0	Near 40.73, -99.25, NE	0.01 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:53 PM	EF1	About 9 miles from Lincoln, NE	0.19 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:06 PM	EF0	Near 40.43, -98.06, NE	2.67 mi long, 35 yd wide
5:49 PM	EF2	About 31 miles from Omaha, NE	3.27 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
2:32 PM	0.75 in	About 39 miles from Omaha, NE
3:47 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:08 PM	1.0 in	In Lincoln, NE
4:13 PM	0.88 in	About 2 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.53, -98.13, NE
4:16 PM	1.0 in	In Lincoln, NE
4:17 PM	0.88 in	About 2 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:42 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.40, -98.21, NE
4:45 PM	1.0 in	About 6 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:51 PM	1.75 in	About 6 miles from Lincoln, NE
4:56 PM	2.75 in	About 9 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:01 PM	5.0 in	About 7 miles from Lincoln, NE

Show all 39 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:06 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:12 PM	0.88 in	About 56 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:15 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.56, -99.31, NE
5:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.75, -97.85, NE
5:29 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.43, -98.10, NE
5:37 PM	1.75 in	About 55 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:13 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.52, -99.57, NE
6:28 PM	1.75 in	About 27 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:39 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:54 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:56 PM	1.0 in	About 28 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:57 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:00 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.57, -100.89, NE
7:02 PM	2.0 in	Near 41.51, -100.83, NE
7:33 PM	1.75 in	Near 42.21, -97.06, NE
7:36 PM	2.75 in	Near 41.51, -100.71, NE
7:46 PM	1.0 in	About 16 miles from Lincoln, NE
8:20 PM	1.25 in	Near 41.48, -100.61, NE
8:31 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.19, -97.07, NE
8:45 PM	1.5 in	Near 41.47, -100.94, NE
8:50 PM	1.25 in	About 58 miles from Lincoln, NE
9:05 PM	1.75 in	Near 41.47, -100.82, NE
10:25 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.60, -99.14, NE
10:32 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.60, -99.14, NE
11:06 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.53, -98.98, NE
11:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.53, -98.98, NE
11:12 PM	1.75 in	Near 42.50, -99.02, 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	5.0 in	None	2

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