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Omaha hail season 2005
41 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 30 miles, across 15 storm days, max 4.00". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2005 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2005, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2005 | 9 | 4.00" | CASS, SAUNDERS, SARPY, DOUGLAS |
| June 29, 2005 | 8 | 2.00" | CASS, SARPY, DOUGLAS, POTTAWATTAMIE |
| June 27, 2005 | 5 | 1.75" | CASS, SAUNDERS, SARPY |
| July 20, 2005 | 3 | 1.75" | WASHINGTON, HARRISON |
| May 10, 2005 | 3 | 1.00" | DOUGLAS, HARRISON |
“Hail up to softball size fell in a narrow swath across the Omaha metro area. Most hailstones in this swath in Douglas county were 2 inches or less in diameter, with the largest stones, around softball size, reported in extreme northern Sarpy county in Papillion. The swath of 1 inch or larger hailstones was generally east of 72nd Street and stretched from just southwest of the Capehart area southwest of Offutt AFB, ”
— NWS event narrative, June 4, 2005 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Apr 2 · May 8 · Jun 23 · Jul 4 · Aug 2 · Sep 2
Wind context: the record also holds 25 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2005 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
Working a Omaha claim from 2005?
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Provenance
Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 30 miles of the Omaha anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.