Nebraska storm reports for April 17, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Nebraska, April 17, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 56 hail reports, 7 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Nebraska on April 17, 2025.

in Nebraska; 67
Storm reports: About 20 miles from Omaha, NE; 4.0 in
Largest hail: About 27 miles from Omaha, NE; 82 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 9 miles from Omaha, NE; 4
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
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 April 17, 2025 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail56, most at 6 PM

Wind7, most at 5 PM

Tornado4, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:55 PM	EF3	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE	8.12 mi long, 170 yd wide
7:14 PM	EF0	About 17 miles from Lincoln, NE	0.84 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:20 PM	Not rated	About 19 miles from Lincoln, NE	1.31 mi long, 10 yd wide
7:36 PM	EF0	About 25 miles from Lincoln, NE	2.23 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:28 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.78, -98.53, NE
4:38 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.83, -98.42, NE
5:07 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.89, -98.11, NE
5:20 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.88, -97.89, NE
5:40 PM	1.75 in	About 51 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:47 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Omaha, NE
5:56 PM	2.5 in	About 39 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:10 PM	2.75 in	About 34 miles from Omaha, NE
6:21 PM	2.0 in	About 28 miles from Omaha, NE
6:21 PM	2.75 in	About 32 miles from Omaha, NE
6:25 PM	2.75 in	About 27 miles from Omaha, NE
6:26 PM	1.75 in	About 25 miles from Omaha, NE

Show all 56 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:27 PM	2.0 in	About 24 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:27 PM	2.0 in	About 24 miles from Omaha, NE
6:28 PM	2.75 in	About 23 miles from Omaha, NE
6:30 PM	4.0 in	About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
6:30 PM	2.0 in	About 18 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:31 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Omaha, NE
6:34 PM	2.5 in	About 25 miles from Omaha, NE
6:34 PM	1.75 in	About 29 miles from Omaha, NE
6:35 PM	2.0 in	About 19 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:38 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:39 PM	1.75 in	About 16 miles from Omaha, NE
6:45 PM	1.5 in	About 12 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:46 PM	2.75 in	About 16 miles from Omaha, NE
6:48 PM	1.0 in	About 12 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:49 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Omaha, NE
6:50 PM	2.0 in	About 13 miles from Omaha, NE
6:50 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE
6:50 PM	2.0 in	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE
6:52 PM	1.75 in	About 13 miles from Omaha, NE
6:52 PM	2.75 in	About 9 miles from Omaha, NE
6:53 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Omaha, NE
6:56 PM	3.25 in	About 12 miles from Omaha, NE
6:58 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:00 PM	1.75 in	About 17 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:02 PM	2.0 in	About 11 miles from Omaha, NE
7:02 PM	2.0 in	About 21 miles from Omaha, NE
7:05 PM	3.0 in	About 11 miles from Omaha, NE
7:06 PM	2.75 in	About 17 miles from Lincoln, NE
7:25 PM	1.0 in	About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
7:28 PM	1.0 in	About 21 miles from Omaha, NE
7:35 PM	1.25 in	About 28 miles from Omaha, NE
7:36 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Omaha, NE
7:38 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Omaha, NE
7:39 PM	1.25 in	About 22 miles from Omaha, NE
7:40 PM	1.25 in	About 19 miles from Omaha, NE
7:40 PM	2.0 in	About 22 miles from Omaha, NE
7:41 PM	1.5 in	About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
7:41 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.30, -96.90, NE
7:44 PM	1.0 in	About 24 miles from Omaha, NE
7:54 PM	1.0 in	About 15 miles from Omaha, NE
8:06 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.34, -96.49, NE
8:07 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.34, -96.48, NE
12:33 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.48, -96.92, NE
1:21 AM	1.25 in	Near 42.58, -96.75, NE

Time	Gust	Where
5:43 PM	60 mph	About 48 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:58 PM	81 mph	About 46 miles from Omaha, NE
5:59 PM	64 mph	About 45 miles from Omaha, NE
6:24 PM	67 mph	About 27 miles from Omaha, NE
6:25 PM	82 mph	About 27 miles from Omaha, NE
6:55 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Omaha, NE
7:13 PM	71 mph	About 15 miles from Lincoln, NE

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Omaha, NE	3.25 in	60 mph	1
Lincoln, NE	1.5 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.