Hail map for Omaha, NE — May 21, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail up to 1.50″ — half dollar size — within 5 miles of Omaha on May 21, 2024.
- Max hail size
- 1.50″
- half dollar
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
- Size bands over the city
- 2
- distinct radar bands
- Measured on the ground
- 1.75″
- 4.5 mi away · Amateur Radio
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Omaha, NE on May 21, 2024
16 reports filed with the National Weather Service. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Amateur Radio3 N Council Bluffs, IA · 4.5 mi away6:06 AM CDTPottawattamie County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public3 SW Bennington, NE · 13.0 mi away5:30 AM CDTDouglas County
Report from mPING of golfball sized hail 3 miles south-southwest of Bennington.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Broadcast Media1 W Omaha, NE · 4.2 mi away6:00 AM CDTDouglas County
- 1.50″ half dollar size PublicBennington, NE · 13.4 mi away5:37 AM CDTDouglas County
- 1.25″ half dollar size Public2 N Council Bluffs, IA · 3.8 mi away6:12 AM CDTPottawattamie County
- 1.25″ half dollar size Public3 SW Bennington, NE · 13.0 mi away5:29 AM CDTDouglas County
Report from mPING of Half Dollar sized hail.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Public3 SSW Bennington, NE · 13.2 mi away5:42 AM CDTDouglas County
- 1.00″ quarter size Broadcast Media1 WSW Omaha, NE · 4.2 mi away6:24 AM CDTDouglas County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 W Omaha, NE · 5.7 mi away6:02 AM CDTDouglas County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 W Ralston, NE · 7.9 mi away1:30 PM CDTDouglas County
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
- 1.00″ quarter size Public3 SE Bennington, NE · 11.6 mi away5:36 AM CDTDouglas County
Report from mPING of quarter sized hail southeast of Bennington.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 S Bennington, NE · 12.0 mi away5:33 AM CDTDouglas County
Report from mPING of quarter sized hail south of Bennington.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public3 WNW Boys Town, NE · 12.6 mi away5:36 AM CDTDouglas County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public4 NE Elkhorn, NE · 13.0 mi away5:30 AM CDTDouglas County
Report from mPING of quarter sized hail 4 miles northeast of Elkhorn.
- 1.00″ quarter size Public2 SE Elkhorn, NE · 14.0 mi away5:40 AM CDTDouglas County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public1 NW Bennington, NE · 14.3 mi away5:33 AM CDTDouglas County
Report from mPING of quarter sized hail on the northwest side of Bennington.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
Omaha hail on May 21, 2024
NOAA radar estimated stones up to 1.50 inches — half dollar size — within about 5 miles of Omaha that day, across 2 distinct size bands. Sizes vary street to street inside a single swath.