⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Harrison, IA; Mills, IA; Monona, IA; Pottawattamie, IA; Shelby, IA; Boone, NE; Burt, NE; Butler, NE; Cass, NE; Colfax, NE; Cuming, NE; Dodge, NE; Douglas, NE; Gage, NE; Jefferson, NE; Lancaster, NE; Madison, NE; Otoe, NE; Platte, NE; Saline, NE; Sarpy, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE; Stanton, NE; Thurston, NE; Washington, NE; Wayne, NE – Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 8 at 5:21PM CDT until July 9 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
473 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

HARRISON MILLS POTTAWATTAMIE
SHELBY

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

MONONA

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BURT BUTLER DODGE
DOUGLAS SARPY SAUNDERS
WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

BOONE COLFAX CUMING
MADISON PLATTE STANTON
THURSTON WAYNE

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

CASS GAGE JEFFERSON
LANCASTER OTOE SALINE
SEWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ASHLAND, BEATRICE, BELLEVUE,
BLAIR, COLUMBUS, COUNCIL BLUFFS, CRETE, DAVID CITY, DECATUR,
DUNLAP, FAIRBURY, FREMONT, GLENWOOD, HARLAN, LA VISTA, LINCOLN,
LOGAN, LYONS, MACY, MAPLETON, MILFORD, MISSOURI VALLEY,
NEBRASKA CITY, NORFOLK, OAKLAND, OMAHA, ONAWA, PAPILLION, PENDER,
PLATTSMOUTH, SCHUYLER, SEWARD, ST. EDWARD, STANTON, TEKAMAH,
WAHOO, WALTHILL, WAYNE, WEST POINT, WILBER, WINNEBAGO, WISNER,
WOODBINE, AND YUTAN.

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