Declared A Disaster Area - May 11, 2005 Storm
Heavy rain
closed roads throughout the town.
Hail broke
out windows throughout town.
Hail filled
underpasses in the center of town.
Radar estimated
8 to 12 inches of precipitation.
Precipitation
map at the bottom.
Scroll down to the bottom for a listing of all the flood and damage reports.
All Images © Ken Dewey, School of Natural Resources, UNL.
Looking like Winter, a front
end loader removes hail from the main street of Hastings, Nebraska
UNL Meteorology student Tom Wittman
photographs the underpass which has several feet of hail
UNL meteorology students on the
right watch as the city of Hastings removes hail from this clogged underpass
Looking like mini icebergs, hail
clogs this underpass in Hastings.
The city center was closed due
to broken glass from the store windows.
A UNL meteorology student checks
out the hail size in this drift of hail in Hastings, NE
Leaves were stripped off of the
trees in Hastings and many cars were badly dented from the hail.
Two hours after the storm and
hail still was piled up looking like snow.
Flooded streets like this were
common throughout the area.
Computer Screen Capture of the Baron Threat Net display of the radar images at the height of the storms May 11, 2005.
Grand Island and Hastings are toward the right edge of the image.
