Hail Swath Map Preview
The Omaha, NE hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 28, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 1.75". There are 8 public hail reports, 6 public wind reports, and 29 nearby tornado reports listed for the May 12, 2023 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Omaha, NE Hail Map
The May 12, 2023 hail swath map for Omaha, NE covers approximately 1,863 square miles and includes an estimated 42,333 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the 0.50-0.75" hail band, covering 499 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the 0.50-0.75" hail band with 15,855 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 336 sq mi | 8,509 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 499 sq mi | 15,855 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 398 sq mi | 8,103 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 382 sq mi | 6,222 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 183 sq mi | 2,926 |
| 1.50-1.75" | 55 sq mi | 644 |
| 1.75-2.00" | 10 sq mi | 74 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Omaha, NE Hail Swath Map
Inside the May 12, 2023 hail swath map area for Omaha, NE, HailGeeks estimates 19,239 single-family homes, 1,121 townhomes, and 2,786 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the 0.50-0.75" hail band, with 6,986 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 3,755 | 111 | 434 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 6,986 | 607 | 1,501 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 3,588 | 324 | 471 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 3,007 | 52 | 282 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 1,508 | 24 | 80 |
| 1.50-1.75" | 345 | 3 | 17 |
| 1.75-2.00" | 50 | 0 | 1 |
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Counties Inside the Omaha, NE Hail Map
Hail from the May 12, 2023 storm was mapped across 25 counties in the Omaha, NE region. Harrison County, IA had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 1.75" with roughly 3,699 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Omaha, NE Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 28 cities near Omaha, NE. Scribner, NE had the strongest mapped signal at 1.50", with an estimated 137 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Omaha, NE Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the May 12, 2023 Omaha, NE hail map spans 57 ZIP codes. ZIP 51557 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 1.75" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 307.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the May 12, 2023 hail map for Omaha, NE currently list 8 public hail reports, 6 public wind reports, and 29 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2023 3:14 PM CT |
1.00 in | 2 ESE Pleasant Dale | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
May 12, 2023 3:23 PM CT |
1.25 in | 2 NNE Pleasant Dale | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
May 12, 2023 5:36 PM CT |
2.00 in | 2 SW Morse Bluff | NE | DELAYED REPORT. |
May 12, 2023 5:37 PM CT |
1.25 in | 3 W North Bend | NE | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). |
May 12, 2023 5:44 PM CT |
1.25 in | 2 ESE North Bend | NE | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). |
May 12, 2023 5:45 PM CT |
1.50 in | 3 NE Morse Bluff | NE | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). |
May 12, 2023 6:12 PM CT |
1.00 in | 1 W Ames | NE | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
May 12, 2023 7:22 PM CT |
1.00 in | 2 S Winslow | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2023 6:01 PM CT | Morse Bluff | NE | REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. | |
May 12, 2023 6:03 PM CT | 3 WSW Uehling | NE | REPORT FROM MPING: HOMES/BUILDINGS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. | |
May 12, 2023 6:35 PM CT | West Point | NE | POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. | |
May 12, 2023 6:44 PM CT | 1 W Hamburg | IA | REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. | |
May 12, 2023 6:50 PM CT | 1 S Uehling | NE | REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. DELAYED REPORT. | |
May 12, 2023 6:13 PM CT | 73 mph | 2 SE Oakland | NE | PERSONAL WEATHER STATION RECORDED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 73 MPH. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 13, 2023 5:48 AM CT | UNK | 3 W Hooper | NE | SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS ON A FARM. DELAYED REPORT. |
May 12, 2023 4:46 PM CT | UNK | 3 W Hooper | NE | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 275... DAMAGING A HOME... POWER POLES... AND NUMEROUS TREES AS IT ENTERED THE ELKHORN RIVER VALLEY. IT CAUSED EF-2 DAMAGE TO A HOME JUST SOUTH OF ELKHORN RIVER WHERE A PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF AND LARGE TREES DAMAGED. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE ELKHORN RIVER WHERE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND SEVERAL CENTER PIVOTS WERE FLIPPED OVER. THE TORNADO BECAME WIDER AND IMPACTED ADDITIONAL FARMSTEADS... ESPECIALLY AS IT APPROACHED COUNTY ROAD F UP TO THE DODGE AND BURT COUNTY LINE. AT THESE FARMSTEADS... SEVERAL HOG BARNS... MACHINE SHEDS... AND WELL-BUILT OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. FARM EQUIPMENT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT OF HOMES... ROOFS DAMAGED... PORCHES RIPPED OFF AND GARAGE DOORS SUCKED OUT. EVERY PERSON NOTED THAT THEIR EARS STILL HURT A DAY LATER DUE TO THE PRESSURE DROP DURING THE TORNADO. NUMEROUS LIVESTOCK WERE INJURED OR KILLED. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THIS TORNADO APPROACHED ONE MILE AS IT MOVED BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD F AND COUN |
May 12, 2023 5:15 PM CT | UNK | 4 ENE Morse Bluff | NE | A TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER IN DODGE COUNTY... INITIALLY AS A WIDE DUST PLUME 4 MILES EAST OF NORTH BEND. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST WHERE IT FLIPPED MULTIPLE CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. IT THEN DAMAGED SEVERAL LARGE POWER LINES AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS... TREES... AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME. THE TORNADO THEN CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO ANOTHER HOUSE AS WELL AS TREES BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD P. PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 1/2 MILE WIDE AND 5.5 MILES IN LENGTH. |
May 12, 2023 5:20 PM CT | UNK | 1 ESE North Bend | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
May 12, 2023 5:23 PM CT | UNK | 4 ENE North Bend | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
May 12, 2023 5:23 PM CT | UNK | 4 NW Ames | NE | HOME DAMAGED FROM TORNADO. |
May 12, 2023 5:23 PM CT | UNK | 4 NW Ames | NE | FARMSTEAD DAMAGED. POWER LINES ALSO DOWN IN THE AREA. |
May 12, 2023 5:24 PM CT | UNK | 5 NW Ames | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
May 12, 2023 5:38 PM CT | UNK | 5 SW Hooper | NE | TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE STILL ON RADAR. |
May 12, 2023 5:42 PM CT | UNK | 5 WSW Hooper | NE | A TORNADO DAMAGED A ROOF ON A HOG BARN... OVERTURNED SEVERAL CENTER PIVOTS... AND DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS AND A BLOCK BUILDING AT A FARMSTEAD AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST. THIS TORNADO LIKELY DISSIPATED BEFORE THE STORM CONTINUED ON TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL TORNADOES. PATH WIDTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS AND 2.5 MILES LONG. |
May 12, 2023 5:45 PM CT | UNK | 4 WSW Hooper | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
May 12, 2023 5:48 PM CT | UNK | 3 W Hooper | NE | CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 3 W HOOPER. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS ON A FARM. DELAYED REPORT. |
May 12, 2023 5:50 PM CT | UNK | 2 WNW Hooper | NE | No National Weather Service description provided. |
May 12, 2023 5:57 PM CT | UNK | 4 NNW Hooper | NE | MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO WITH RAIN WRAPPING CURTAINS. |
May 12, 2023 5:57 PM CT | UNK | 4 E Scribner | NE | MULTIPLE FARMSTEADS DAMAGED... LARGE POWER LINES DOWN... TREES SHREDDED. PATH APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE WIDE. |
May 12, 2023 6:05 PM CT | UNK | 3 W Uehling | NE | TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE CONTINUES. |
May 12, 2023 6:10 PM CT | UNK | 2 W Uehling | NE | COMMERCIAL CATTLE FEED LOT HEAVILY DAMAGED... SEVERAL HUNDRED CATTLE LOOSE. |
May 12, 2023 6:14 PM CT | UNK | 1 WNW Uehling | NE | STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST TO THE EAST OF THE MUCH LARGER MAIN TORNADO. THIS ANTI-CYCLONIC SATELLITE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE CAUSED EF-1 DAMAGE TO CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND POWER LINES AS IT TRAVELLED NORTH FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE. THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 100 YARDS IN WIDTH. |
May 12, 2023 6:17 PM CT | UNK | 2 NW Uehling | NE | VERY LARGE VIOLENT TORNADO. |
May 12, 2023 6:19 PM CT | UNK | 2 NNW Uehling | NE | LARGE... VIOLENT TORNADO. |
May 12, 2023 6:20 PM CT | UNK | 4 NNW Uehling | NE | *** 2 INJ *** THIS TORNADO STARTED AROUND 620 PM CDT NEAR BURT COUNTY ROAD H... A LITTLE OVER 2 MILES MILES WEST OF US 77 HIGHWAY. THE TORNADO STARTED MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AND THEN CURVED AND WAS MOVING DUE NORTH. AS IT MOVED NORTH IT GAINED STRENGTH AND STARTED DESTROYING OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES AT VARIOUS FARMSTEADS... REACHING EF-2 STRENGTH. BY THE TIME THE TORNADO REACHED BURT COUNTY ROAD K IT BECAME NEARLY 5/8 OF A MILE WIDE. NEARLY A HALF-MILE WIDTH OF DOUBLE-WIDE WOODEN TRANSMISSION POLES WERE SNAPPED NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD L. THE TORNADO... WHICH WAS WRAPPED IN RAIN... CONTINUED TREKKING TO THE NORTH... DAMAGING FARMSTEAD AFTER FARMSTEAD... AS WELL AS UPROOTING AND SNAPPING TREES.THE TORNADO EVENTUALLY WEAKENED AT 644 PM CDT... 3 MILES WEST OF LYONS. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED BY THE TORNADO. ONE HAD A TREE FALL ON A SHED WITH A PERSON INSIDE... INJURING HIS HEAD. THE OTHER PERSON HAD CUTS TO HIS FACE FROM FLYING GLASS. |
May 12, 2023 6:23 PM CT | UNK | 3 WSW Oakland | NE | TWO FARM OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. DELAYED REPORT. |
May 12, 2023 6:23 PM CT | UNK | 3 SW Oakland | NE | ANTICYLONIC TORNADO ORBITING THE MAIN TORNADO CONE. |
May 12, 2023 6:28 PM CT | UNK | 3 W Oakland | NE | SUBSTANTIAL FARMSTEAD DAMAGE. |
May 12, 2023 6:30 PM CT | UNK | 3 WNW Oakland | NE | SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A FARMSTEAD. |
May 12, 2023 6:36 PM CT | UNK | 4 SW Lyons | NE | TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE STILL INDICATING A LARGE TORNADO. |
May 12, 2023 6:36 PM CT | UNK | 4 SW Lyons | NE | *** 2 INJ *** LARGE WEDGE TORNADO REPORTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. DELAYED REPORT OF 2 KNOWN INJURIES BETWEEN LYONS AND OAKLAND. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE WITH NUMEROUS HOUSES HIT. ONE HOME APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED OFF THE FOUNDATION. |
May 12, 2023 6:57 PM CT | UNK | 2 SE Uehling | NE | DAMAGE TO A FARMSTEAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
May 12, 2023 7:43 PM CT | UNK | 4 E Tekamah | NE | BRIEF SPIN-UP... LASTED 15 SECONDS. |
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the May 12, 2023 Omaha, NE storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
Related Hail Maps in the Omaha, NE Region
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Omaha, NE region as the May 12, 2023 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Apr 18, 2023 through May 8, 2023, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 2.75". In this set, the strongest related map reached 2.75", and the most recent map shown is from May 8, 2023.
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Local Hail Review Options Near Omaha, NE
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