⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Fremont, IA; Harrison, IA; Mills, IA; Monona, IA; Montgomery, IA; Page, IA; Pottawattamie, IA; Shelby, IA; Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Burt, NE; Butler, NE; Cass, NE; Cedar, NE; Colfax, NE; Cuming, NE; Dodge, NE; Douglas, NE; Knox, NE; Lancaster, NE; Madison, NE; Otoe, NE; Pierce, NE; Platte, NE; Sarpy, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE; Stanton, NE; Thurston, NE; Washington, NE; Wayne, NE – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 12 at 2:25AM CDT until August 12 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
573 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

FREMONT HARRISON MILLS
MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE
SHELBY

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

MONONA

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BURT BUTLER DODGE
DOUGLAS SARPY SAUNDERS
WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

ANTELOPE BOONE CEDAR
COLFAX CUMING KNOX
MADISON PIERCE PLATTE
STANTON THURSTON WAYNE

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

CASS LANCASTER OTOE
SEWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ASHLAND, BELLEVUE, BLAIR,
BLOOMFIELD, CLARINDA, COLERIDGE, COLUMBUS, COUNCIL BLUFFS,
CREIGHTON, CROFTON, DAVID CITY, DECATUR, DUNLAP, ELGIN, FARRAGUT,
FREMONT, GLENWOOD, HAMBURG, HARLAN, HARTINGTON, LA VISTA, LAUREL,
LINCOLN, LOGAN, LYONS, MACY, MAPLETON, MILFORD, MISSOURI VALLEY,
NEBRASKA CITY, NELIGH, NIOBRARA, NORFOLK, OAKLAND, OMAHA, ONAWA,
OSMOND, PAPILLION, PENDER, PIERCE, PLAINVIEW, PLATTSMOUTH,
RANDOLPH, RED OAK, SCHUYLER, SEWARD, SHENANDOAH, SIDNEY,
ST. EDWARD, STANTON, TABOR, TEKAMAH, VERDIGRE, WAHOO, WALTHILL,
WAUSA, WAYNE, WEST POINT, WINNEBAGO, WISNER, WOODBINE, AND YUTAN.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.