Severe Weather Potential: June 30 – July 1, 2026

Strong to severe storms are possible through Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. These will be storms that happen during the night, so have a way to be alerted in case severe weather moves into your area while you sleep.

For up to the minute radar, go HERE. 

For the latest warnings, go HERE. 

For a live look at our Nebraska Weather Cams, go HERE. 

And we would love to see video of any storm footage you may get (safely!). You can upload that using our Now Local News App HERE. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is in place for much of the western half of Nebraska through 2am CDT/1am MDT. Hail and damaging wind are the main concerns.

Storms will be pushing through the yellow shaded “Slight Risk” area tonight into the overnight.

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

Large hail will be possible with up to 1″ hail possible in the brown shaded area (above) and up to golf ball size hail in the yellow shaded area.

Damaging wind will be possible, as well, with up to 65 mph gusts possible in the brown shaded area, up to 70 mph in the yellow shaded area, and up to 80 mph in the red shaded area.

Chief Meteorologist Rusty Dawkins 
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