Hail in Dakota County, Nebraska

Hail April 17, 2025 · Dakota County, Nebraska

1.5 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

The wider storm

In the wake of an earlier cold front passage, elevated instability up to 1500 J/kg lingered as cross-boundary flow on the low-level jet reinvigorated storms in a deeply sheared post-frontal environment. Storms in northeast Nebraska and far southeast South Dakota produced spotty large hail, with a more intense cluster of both hail (up to 2.5 inches diameter) and wind (to around 80 mph) producing storms moving through northwest Iowa during the couple hours after midnight.

Began near Homer (42.3400, -96.4900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1256751. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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