Severe Weather Potential: June 29-30, 2026

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued for parts of Nebraska through midnight, June 30, 2026

Large hail, damaging wind, and isolated tornadoes will be possible with storms that form in the Severe Thunderstorm Watch area tonight.

DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL: Parts of eastern Nebraska may see damaging wind this evening into the overnight. Not everybody will see very strong winds, but the storms that can get severe will see very gusty winds. The area in the brown shaded area may see wind up to 60 mph. The area shaded in yellow may see wind between 60 and 70 mph. A few isolated spots may see wind gusts up to 80 mph anywhere in the highlighted areas.

TORNADO POTENTIAL: Parts of central and northeast Nebraska may see a quick spin-up tornado this evening into the overnight. A “low” risk doesn’t sound high, but it’s not zero. The “low” risk usually means one or two spin-up tornadoes are possible in this area.  

LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL: Parts of Nebraska may see some large hail this evening and overnight. Again, not everybody will see the large hail, but the storms that can get strong to severe will have hail in them. Brown shaded area could see hail up to 1″ in diameter and  the yellow shaded area could see up to golf ball size hail.

Chief Meteorologist Rusty Dawkins 
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