Sunshine & Warmth Before Severe Weather Friday

Fog lifts by 11am with sunshine incoming! A warm, breezy & mostly sunny day ahead. Sunshine timing will factor into our T-storm chances by 10pm-midnight. Storms tonight will carry a small hail & damaging wind threat across SE and eastern Nebraska. The peak storms arrive Friday 1pm-10pm. Stay tuned for updates!

Severe Weather Timeline Friday:

• 1:00 AM:
  Scattered showers & thunderstorms develop across southeast Nebraska.
• 4:00–7:00 AM:
  Showers & T-storms continue through the morning near Omaha into SE Nebraska.
• 2:00–4:00 PM:
  
   Severe weather threat develops SE of Grand Island.
• 5:00–11:00 PM:
  Severe threat peaks in SE Nebraska. A line of storms may bring golf ball size hail, damaging winds 65+ mph & a few isolated tornadoes farther SE.

Friday, a level 2 SLIGHT risk is in place for far SE Nebraska. This will be due to the storms Friday evening along the frontal boundary. These storms could produce golf ball size hail, winds up to 65+ mph and a few brief rotations. TIMING: 1:00PM-10:00PM.

Large hail up to golf balls will be possible with the first storms that develop near 2-5pm. These single cells along the front will carry the large hail, damaging wind & isolated tornado threat.

An isolated tornado threat will occur across SE Nebraska starting near 2-4pm & diminishing by 7pm. A brief rotation will be possible due to the wind direction turning counter clockwise.

Rain potential through Friday night looks very nice. Much of us getting 0.25″ or more of much needed moisture. Thunderstorms in SE Nebraska will likely carry heavier rainfall.

Thursday into Friday, temperatures really warm up bringing increasing moisture. Thursday evening through Friday, rain and storms will be LIKELY with a few severe storms carrying large hail, damaging winds & an isolated tornado threat. The weekend finally looks enjoyable!! Next week, temperatures could cool down due to a storm system Tuesday evening.

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Meteorologist Houston Hall