The Lincoln, NE hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 29, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 2.50". There are 25 public hail reports, 3 public wind reports, and 43 nearby tornado reports listed for the April 26, 2024 event.
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The April 26, 2024 hail swath map for Lincoln, NE covers approximately 2,277 square miles and includes an estimated 373,821 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the 0.50-0.75" hail band, covering 663 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the 0.75-1.00" hail band with 145,089 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 497 sq mi | 29,154 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 663 sq mi | 71,836 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 528 sq mi | 145,089 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 289 sq mi | 59,667 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 150 sq mi | 28,721 |
| 1.50-1.75" | 96 sq mi | 26,319 |
| 1.75-2.00" | 36 sq mi | 12,763 |
| 2.00-2.25" | 3 sq mi | 42 |
| 2.25-2.50" | 10 sq mi | 129 |
| 2.50-2.75" | 5 sq mi | 101 |
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Inside the April 26, 2024 hail swath map area for Lincoln, NE, HailGeeks estimates 148,300 single-family homes, 8,399 townhomes, and 64,617 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the 0.75-1.00" hail band, with 58,064 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 9,686 | 633 | 6,555 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 27,481 | 1,465 | 10,304 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 58,064 | 3,229 | 31,358 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 25,373 | 1,914 | 8,378 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 10,667 | 553 | 3,679 |
| 1.50-1.75" | 11,292 | 496 | 3,259 |
| 1.75-2.00" | 5,597 | 109 | 1,082 |
| 2.00-2.25" | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.25-2.50" | 72 | 0 | 1 |
| 2.50-2.75" | 44 | 0 | 1 |
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Hail from the April 26, 2024 storm was mapped across 30 counties in the Lincoln, NE region. Lancaster County, NE had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 2.50" with roughly 20,666 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Zooming in, the swath touched 52 cities near Lincoln, NE. Omaha, NE had the strongest mapped signal at 1.50", with an estimated 55,818 single-family homes exposed.
City cards show where the April 26, 2024 Lincoln, NE hail activity was mapped, but your ZIP can show a closer local signal. Get a free Hail Report by ZIP, and if the signal looks meaningful, ask a local pro about a Remote Hail Inspection to see whether an on-site roof or exterior review may be worth scheduling.
At the ZIP level, the April 26, 2024 Lincoln, NE hail map spans 127 ZIP codes. ZIP 68017 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 2.50" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 559.
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Public storm report tables connected to the April 26, 2024 hail map for Lincoln, NE currently list 25 public hail reports, 3 public wind reports, and 43 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 26, 2024 1:30 PM CT |
1.00 in | 6 S Western | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 2:24 PM CT |
1.00 in | Denton | NE | Report of hail ranging from half an inch to an inch in Denton... NE. |
April 26, 2024 2:27 PM CT |
1.00 in | 1 SE Denton | NE | ground covered with hail. |
April 26, 2024 2:35 PM CT |
1.75 in | Ulysses | NE | Butler County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail in downtown Ulysses. |
April 26, 2024 2:41 PM CT |
1.50 in | 4 NW Lincoln | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 2:48 PM CT |
1.75 in | 5 NW Lincoln | NE | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). |
April 26, 2024 2:48 PM CT |
1.75 in | 5 NNW Lincoln | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 2:49 PM CT |
1.25 in | 6 SE Malcolm | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 2:54 PM CT |
2.50 in | 3 E Davey | NE | delayed report time estimated by radar. |
April 26, 2024 3:02 PM CT |
2.75 in | 3 ESE Ceresco | NE | Corrects previous hail report from 3 ESE Ceresco. Corrects previous hail report from 3 ESE Ceresco for wrong date. Delayed report from 4/26. |
April 26, 2024 3:33 PM CT |
1.00 in | 1 WNW Valley | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:25 PM CT |
1.00 in | 1 WNW Valley | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:26 PM CT |
1.00 in | 5 W Washington | NE | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
April 26, 2024 4:30 PM CT |
1.00 in | 2 WSW La Vista | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:40 PM CT |
1.00 in | 2 SSW Papillion | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:40 PM CT |
1.00 in | 1 WNW Ralston | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:42 PM CT |
1.75 in | 3 NE Cedar Creek | NE | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). |
April 26, 2024 4:43 PM CT |
1.75 in | 2 W Papillion | NE | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). |
April 26, 2024 4:45 PM CT |
2.00 in | Papillion | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:47 PM CT |
1.50 in | 1 SW Papillion | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:55 PM CT |
1.75 in | 1 NW Carter Lake | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:55 PM CT |
1.00 in | 1 NNE Omaha | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:55 PM CT |
1.75 in | 5 NE Omaha | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:55 PM CT |
1.75 in | Carter Lake | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:56 PM CT |
1.00 in | 1 ENE Papillion | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 26, 2024 2:55 PM CT | 4 SW Waverly | NE | Building collapsed with people inside. Potential gas leak. | |
April 26, 2024 2:55 PM CT | 1 NE Waverly | NE | Numerous reports of damage near Waverly... including trains blown off tracks... semis overturned. | |
April 26, 2024 5:04 PM CT | 61 mph | 7 ENE Omaha | NE | Delayed report. ASOS at Eppley Airfield. Measured wind gust as tornado moved very nearby. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 26, 2024 2:00 PM CT | UNK | 4 WNW Dwight | NE | Center pivot overturned... tree and outbuilding damage... road signs torn down. Delayed report. |
April 26, 2024 2:43 PM CT | UNK | 5 NW Lincoln | NE | Brief tornado touchdown near the Kawasaki Plant. |
April 26, 2024 2:50 PM CT | UNK | 5 NNE Lincoln | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 2:51 PM CT | UNK | 4 SW Waverly | NE | Building collapse. |
April 26, 2024 2:51 PM CT | UNK | 4 NW Bee | NE | An EF-1 tornado began near the intersection of Highway 15 and Ashland Road moving north-northeast as a broad multiple-vortex tornado. It snapped trees and a road sign and overturned center-pivot irrigation systems along its path. Near its end... a second brief tornado developed 1 mile east of this tornado. |
April 26, 2024 2:52 PM CT | UNK | 5 ENE Lincoln | NE | *** 3 INJ *** This EF3 tornado touched down on the northeast side of Lincoln near the intersection of Havelock Ave and 84th street causing damage to a business and a large transmission line south of Havelock Ave. The tornado moved northeast through agricultural fields... snapping power poles and large trees while increasing in strength. The tornado hit a manufacturing plant at 98th Street and Highway 6 where 70 employees were sheltered. The plant received EF-3 damage. There was a complete failure of the roof and 3 walls of the plant. Employee cars sustained varying damage... with the worst being thrown at least 75-100 yards. Tree trunks were snapped northeast of this location at a nearby business which sustained roof and siding damage. The tornado quickly crossed 98th Street and Highway 6 where a BNSF train locomotive took a direct hit... derailing numerous cars. The tornado continued northeast across open fields... crossing I-80 and eventually Salt Creek. There was substantial tree damage |
April 26, 2024 2:53 PM CT | UNK | 1 NW Waverly | NE | House damaged. |
April 26, 2024 2:54 PM CT | UNK | 5 W Dwight | NE | Relayed from emergency management. |
April 26, 2024 2:57 PM CT | UNK | 4 SW Waverly | NE | Train derailment Hwy 6. Additional train derailment Hwy 6 and I-480. Semi-rolled over. |
April 26, 2024 2:59 PM CT | UNK | 2 WNW Waverly | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 3:00 PM CT | UNK | 4 SSE Garrison | NE | Social media photo of confirmed tornado 9 miles south of David City... Nebraska. |
April 26, 2024 3:03 PM CT | UNK | 3 NNW Waverly | NE | An EF-0 tornado tracked mainly through open fields... with time and location identified by a storm chaser video. The damage survey team did find evidence of some minor tree damage at a few locations sufficient to rate this as an EF-0 tornado. |
April 26, 2024 3:05 PM CT | UNK | 4 WNW Brainard | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 3:06 PM CT | UNK | 4 WSW Brainard | NE | Trained spotters confirmed an EF-Unknown tornado with video and photos lasting approximately 1 minute over open fields. Due to no damage indicators hit... we have to rate it EF-Unknown. |
April 26, 2024 3:07 PM CT | UNK | 3 WSW Brainard | NE | Trained spotter reported a tornado just southwest of Brainard... Nebraska. Tornado has since lifted but there are two additional funnel clouds currently. |
April 26, 2024 3:12 PM CT | UNK | 5 SSW Memphis | NE | An EF-1 tornado tracked through mainly open fields... snapping tree trucks. There was one farmstead that had a barn that was badly damaged and minor damage to a home. |
April 26, 2024 3:15 PM CT | UNK | 4 NNW Greenwood | NE | EM relayed report from 911 call center of confirmed tornado to the west of Ashland... Nebraska. |
April 26, 2024 3:25 PM CT | UNK | 5 SE Yutan | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 3:30 PM CT | UNK | 5 ESE Yutan | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 3:30 PM CT | UNK | 5 SE Yutan | NE | The EF3 tornado developed about one quarter mile west of the West Q Road and 255th St intersection in Western Douglas county where trees were knocked down and a farmstead sustained outbuilding damage. The tornado continued northeast crossing agricultural fields and flipping numerous center pivots... eventually crossing 252nd Street. The tornado caused EF-2 damage as it approached Highway 92... damaging numerous homes and striking an acreage northwest of the Highway 92(West Center street) and Highway 275 Intersection where EF-2 damage was indicated. Several center pivots along Highway 275 were overturned as the tornado continued northeast crossing east of Highway 275 damaging several acreages... homes... and outbuildings along Highway 275/240th Street where EF-2 damage was sustained. Continuing its northeast path... the tornado crossed 234th Street near Harney Street where it damaged a horse farm and an acreage as well as a home along Dodge Street/Highway 6 before crossing Dodge Street causing |
April 26, 2024 3:36 PM CT | UNK | 5 ESE Yutan | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 3:37 PM CT | UNK | 2 S Waterloo | NE | Vehicle and building damage. |
April 26, 2024 3:39 PM CT | UNK | 1 N Elkhorn | NE | House with severe roof damage. |
April 26, 2024 3:40 PM CT | UNK | 4 SSW Waterloo | NE | 240th and Dodge. |
April 26, 2024 3:45 PM CT | UNK | 1 NW Elkhorn | NE | Very large tornado moving into western Elkhorn. |
April 26, 2024 3:47 PM CT | UNK | 1 NNW Elkhorn | NE | Very large tornado moving through western Elkhorn. |
April 26, 2024 3:49 PM CT | UNK | 3 N Elkhorn | NE | Very large tornado near 204th and Ida. |
April 26, 2024 3:52 PM CT | UNK | 3 N Elkhorn | NE | Very large tornado near Flanagan Lake. |
April 26, 2024 3:55 PM CT | UNK | 2 WSW Bennington | NE | Major structural damage to at least 10 homes. |
April 26, 2024 3:59 PM CT | UNK | 2 NNW Bennington | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:00 PM CT | UNK | 2 WSW Bennington | NE | Multiple homes destroyed. |
April 26, 2024 4:05 PM CT | UNK | 2 SE Kennard | NE | Homes damaged. |
April 26, 2024 4:08 PM CT | UNK | 4 E Kennard | NE | Destroyed homes. |
April 26, 2024 4:10 PM CT | UNK | 4 SSE Blair | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:18 PM CT | UNK | 4 SE Blair | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:52 PM CT | UNK | 1 N Pacific Junction | IA | An EF1 tornado damage path began approximately 1 mile north of Pacific Junction... where the tornado was also reported by a trained spotter. The tornado crossed Highway 34 one mile east of Interstate 29 where it snapped trees. It then moved up and into the bluffs... where a home took a direct hit and lost large portions of the roof... and a large camper was flipped on its side. Trees were also snapped at this location. The tornado progressed through a forested area where many tree trunks were snapped. The end of the damage appeared to be near Pony Creek Park... just to the east of the Pony Creek Lake dam. |
April 26, 2024 4:56 PM CT | UNK | 4 E Omaha | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:57 PM CT | UNK | 2 NNW Pacific Junction | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 4:58 PM CT | UNK | 7 ENE Omaha | NE | This EF3 tornado developed just east of the Eppley Airfield runway system... about one-quarter mile west of the Amelia Earhart Plaza and Lindbergh Plaza intersection. The tornado destroyed several aircraft hangars and flipped several untethered executive aircraft... producing EF-2 damage. The tornado moved northeast across the Missouri River and crossed Interstate 29 near mile marker 58. It widened to about one-quarter miles... damaging numerous homes and businesses between the interstate and Little Kiln Road. EF-3 damage was sustained to a residence along Little Kiln Road due to the collapse of most of the exterior and interior walls except for a few interior rooms. The tornado continued northeast... moving across Old Lincoln Highway about 1.5 miles south of Crescent. EF-2 damage to several homes occurred due to the major loss of the roof and exterior walls. A vehicle detail shop was destroyed. The tornado moved across mainly woodland areas before impacting a home and farm outbuildings nea |
April 26, 2024 5:01 PM CT | UNK | 3 ENE Carter Lake | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 5:07 PM CT | UNK | 1 S Crescent | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 5:09 PM CT | UNK | 7 SE Council Bluffs | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 26, 2024 5:20 PM CT | UNK | 7 WNW Neola | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the April 26, 2024 Lincoln, NE storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Lincoln, NE region as the April 26, 2024 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Sep 23, 2023 through Apr 25, 2024, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 2.25". In this set, the strongest related map reached 2.25", and the most recent map shown is from Apr 25, 2024.
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