Severe Weather Threat Saturday Night Through Sunday Morning
Severe Weather Potential:
Latest Update: 5:50 p.m. CDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is in effect until 9 p.m. MDT/10 p.m. CDT on Saturday, August 9, for southwestern and central portions of the state.
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Multiple FLOOD WATCHES are in effect until 4 a.m. CDT and 10 a.m. CDT respectively as heavy rains are anticipated across southeast Nebraska.
Severe weather will be possible across southeastern Nebraska late Saturday night and into early Sunday morning. The Storm Prediction Center currently has the Capital City in a SLIGHT RISK (Level 2 out of 5) with all severe weather hazards possible.
The latest runs of Stormcast show storms firing in southeastern Nebraska by 10 p.m. CDT.
Storms then become more widespread closer to midnight Sunday, spanning across the southern portions of the state. Storms will linger in southeast Nebraska until 6 a.m. CDT.
Forecast:
Much of southeastern and south-central Nebraska saw storms early Saturday morning with damaging winds being the main threat. The Lincoln airport reported a 91 mile per hour wind gust shortly before 5:30 a.m. CDT this morning.
Low temperatures across southeastern Nebraska will be in the middle to upper 60s with a northeasterly wind.
Tonight, our low temperature in the Capital City will fall to the upper 60s with storms likely by 10 p.m. CDT. Otherwise, we will see partly cloudy skies and a northeasterly wind between 5 and 10 miles per hour.
High temperatures across southeast Nebraska on Sunday will drop into the upper 70s and lower 80s with a northerly wind. A morning round of storms will be possible, followed by partly sunny skies before storm chances increase again tomorrow evening.
After a small chance of showers on Monday morning, the rest of the forecast looks to dry out through the middle part of the month. Excellent weather for the first day back to school for all LPS students on Wednesday, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s. Highs in the 90s return by the end of next week and continue through next weekend.
Storm Alert Team Meteorologist
Dominic Ferraro
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