Hail — Fremont, Iowa

2024-07-10 · near Sidney, Fremont, Iowa

Event narrative

Emergency management reported lots of hail the size of dimes and nickels with a few quarter sized hail stones mixed in. Time slightly adjusted to account for a delay in the report from when the hail actually fell.

Wider weather episode

At 12 UTC on the 10th, a trough was positioned over the upper Midwest, with northwesterly flow over the Great Plains. At the surface, a surface trough extended from north-central Kansas into southeastern Iowa. In the afternoon hours, scattered thunderstorms developed across far southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa. While most of these storms remained below severe limits, a handful of severe hail reports were received by the Omaha National Weather Service.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1206685. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.