Broken line of t’storms Tuesday afternoon poses severe threat for eastern Nebraska

In case you missed it, we had preliminary reports released on Tuesday about the tornadoes that struck Nebraska on Friday, April 26th. The National Weather Service of Omaha found evidence of three strong EF-3 tornadoes near Lincoln-Waverly, Elkhorn-Bennington-Blair and Eppley.

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That Arbor Day outbreak has at least nine tornadoes confirmed in Nebraska. Five were first confirmed by the National Weather Service of Hastings yesterday.

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There is risk of severe weather for Tuesday afternoon – separate from some isolated thunderstorms this morning. The Storm Prediction Center has most of us in a Slight (Level 2 of 5) risk, with the higher chance of severe weather (orange) just off to the south and east into Iowa and Missouri.

There is potential for very large hail with any storms that develop, with higher chances in red. The hash marks indicate that hail stones greater than 2″ in diameter are possible.

Damaging winds exceeding 75 mph are also possible in the area below with black hash marks.

And a few isolated tornadoes will be possible in eastern Nebraska with storms Tuesday afternoon, too.

A broken line of thunderstorms will first form through northeast Nebraska, with questions as to whether or not storms are able to develop near Lincoln. The better chances are across far southeast Nebraska as the evening progresses, intensifying into Iowa and Missouri.

There will be another severe weather risk across southeast Nebraska on Wednesday, with the threat dropping off on Thursday. Storms will be possible on and off through the weekend, though severe chances look to be low right now.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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