Severe weather potential: May 15, 2026

There is a severe weather threat every day through the next few days. Have a way to be alerted of severe weather if you are going to be out and about!

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We then have another chance for severe weather on Saturday. The slide show above shows all of the severe weather threats in place. Storms will start to move into western Nebraska by late afternoon with hail, damaging wind, and tornadoes possible. The storms will then push from west to east through the day into the night.

Above is what our StormCast weather model is saying for timing, duration, and location of the storms on Saturday.

Sunday might be the roughest day of all. There is a level THREE “Enhanced Risk” for severe storms across much of the state. A level 2 “Slight Risk” is surrounding the level 3 risk and level 1 “Marginal Risk” is in place for western Nebraska. All severe weather threats are in place for this. Storm timing and location will be determined after the storms Friday and Saturday.

There’s one more day with a severe weather threat for the eastern half of the state on Monday. This will be the last severe weather threat day, but it could be as bad as Sunday.

Chief Meteorologist Rusty Dawkins 
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