Nebraska storm reports for May 16, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Nebraska, May 16, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 23 hail reports, 28 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Nebraska on May 16, 2017.

in Nebraska; 54
Storm reports: About 26 miles from Omaha, NE; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 17 miles from Omaha, NE; 85 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 40.45, -97.94, NE; 3
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 16, 2017 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

Hail23, most at 6 PM

Wind28, most at 6 PM

Tornado3, 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
4:43 PM	EF0	About 41 miles from Lincoln, NE	1.83 mi long, 35 yd wide
6:36 PM	EF0	Near 40.77, -102.01, NE	0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide
1:24 AM	EF1	Near 40.45, -97.94, NE	2.19 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:01 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:15 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:35 PM	1.25 in	About 26 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:38 PM	1.75 in	About 26 miles from Omaha, NE
5:46 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.17, -97.62, NE
5:51 PM	1.75 in	About 26 miles from Omaha, NE
6:05 PM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:07 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:14 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.10, -98.07, NE
6:15 PM	1.0 in	In Lincoln, NE
6:20 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Omaha, NE
6:20 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Omaha, NE

Show all 23 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:30 PM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Omaha, NE
6:30 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Omaha, NE
6:35 PM	0.88 in	About 2 miles from Omaha, NE
6:40 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Omaha, NE
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:00 PM	1.75 in	About 28 miles from Omaha, NE
7:13 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.84, -101.73, NE
7:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.84, -101.73, NE
7:20 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.84, -101.67, NE
7:46 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.92, -101.39, NE

Time	Gust	Where
6:10 PM	81 mph	About 16 miles from Omaha, NE
6:10 PM	85 mph	About 17 miles from Omaha, NE
6:10 PM	58 mph	About 18 miles from Omaha, NE
6:25 PM	64 mph	Near 40.13, -98.95, NE
6:25 PM	69 mph	About 13 miles from Omaha, NE
6:30 PM	70 mph	About 14 miles from Omaha, NE
6:34 PM	81 mph	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE
6:35 PM	69 mph	About 6 miles from Omaha, NE
6:40 PM	58 mph	About 7 miles from Omaha, NE
6:40 PM	75 mph	About 2 miles from Omaha, NE
6:44 PM	63 mph	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE
6:45 PM	75 mph	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE

Show all 28 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:47 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
6:47 PM	70 mph	Near 40.47, -98.59, NE
6:51 PM	59 mph	Near 40.55, -99.48, NE
6:53 PM	59 mph	Near 40.57, -99.25, NE
6:55 PM	67 mph	Near 40.45, -99.33, NE
6:58 PM	62 mph	Near 40.62, -98.52, NE
7:00 PM	81 mph	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE
7:02 PM	64 mph	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE
7:20 PM	64 mph	Near 40.82, -98.31, NE
7:35 PM	58 mph	Near 40.90, -98.26, NE
7:47 PM	70 mph	About 59 miles from Lincoln, NE
8:10 PM	69 mph	About 40 miles from Lincoln, NE
8:24 PM	58 mph	About 26 miles from Lincoln, NE
12:31 AM	70 mph	Near 40.30, -98.73, NE
12:35 AM	64 mph	Near 40.50, -98.75, NE
12:58 AM	64 mph	Near 40.55, -98.38, 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	1.75 in	None	0
Omaha, NE	1.0 in	81 mph	0

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