Hail — Saunders, Nebraska

2025-04-21 · near Leshara, Saunders, Nebraska

Event narrative

Public reported estimated 1.5 hail.

Wider weather episode

A fast-moving shortwave trough and its associated surface front advanced into eastern Nebraska on the evening of April 21, 2025. A broken line of elevated thunderstorms developed along the front, which was positioned across east-central Nebraska. Modest instability, combined with steep sub-cloud lapse rates, supported several reports of severe hail ranging from 1 to 1.75 inches in diameter. However, the storms quickly weakened as they moved into Iowa later in the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248346. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.