Risk for severe weather Monday, localized flooding across southeast Nebraska

As we recover from the weekend heat and humidity, a strong cold front will bring showers and storms to the area and cooler temperatures.

After being up near 100° each of the past three days, Monday’s high temperatures will be in the middle and upper 80s.

Even some early rain and lightning was in the area this morning.

But that cold front will be in position to fire potentially strong storms this afternoon and evening, with multiple rounds of rain possible.

Areas along and southeast of I-80 have the better chance at seeing severe weather.

A Marginal (Level 1 of 5) risk turns into a Slight (Level 2 of 5) risk for scattered severe storms possible along a line from about Blair to Seward to Red Cloud and areas east.

Both Lincoln and Omaha are included, although the stronger storms could be just south and east of the major cities toward the Iowa/Missouri borders and the Missouri River.

One of the primary concerns other than localized flooding will be damaging wind.

An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out either, though that threat will be on the lower end.

And the threat for hail remains low as well with these scattered storms through the evening.

Southeast Nebraska is within the “Medium” risk for excessive rainfall though, from Monday into Tuesday.

An explanation as to what that “Medium” category means for the excessive rainfall outlook can be found below:

Multiple rounds of storms could mean some areas see up to 2-4″ of rain just from Monday into Tuesday morning.

And we’re not done there. Storms are in the forecast again by Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s each day.

No more days nearing the triple digits are in sight through the end of the month.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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