⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Monona, IA; Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Burt, NE; Butler, NE; Cedar, NE; Colfax, NE; Cuming, NE; Dodge, NE; Knox, NE; Madison, NE; Pierce, NE; Platte, NE; Stanton, NE; Thurston, NE; Washington, NE; Wayne, NE – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Monona, IA; Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Burt, NE; Butler, NE; Cedar, NE; Colfax, NE; Cuming, NE; Dodge, NE; Knox, NE; Madison, NE; Pierce, NE; Platte, NE; Stanton, NE; Thurston, NE; Washington, NE; Wayne, NE
Effective	7/1/2026, 7:39:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/2/2026, 2:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 1 at 7:39PM CDT until July 2 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
435 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

MONONA

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BURT BUTLER DODGE
WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

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

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BLAIR, BLOOMFIELD, COLERIDGE,
COLUMBUS, CREIGHTON, CROFTON, DAVID CITY, DECATUR, ELGIN,
FREMONT, HARTINGTON, LAUREL, LYONS, MACY, MAPLETON, NELIGH,
NIOBRARA, NORFOLK, OAKLAND, ONAWA, OSMOND, PENDER, PIERCE,
PLAINVIEW, RANDOLPH, SCHUYLER, ST. EDWARD, STANTON, TEKAMAH,
VERDIGRE, WALTHILL, WAUSA, WAYNE, WEST POINT, WINNEBAGO,
AND WISNER.

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