(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been extend to include Grand Island, St. Paul, Fullerton, Central City, Aurora, Greeley until 3 am. A line of storms tracking through Valley and Sherman Counties still maintain a threat for winds up to 60 mph as they track to the east at 44 mph..
(No Ratings Yet)Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 3 am. A strong line of storm continues to march out of the sandhills into a unstable, moisture rich enviroment. Low level jet stream winds nose too far south so there is some question as to how far the line will maintain itself. Counties to the north of Grand Island appear targeted for the threat of strong winds and heavy amounts of rain however outflow from these storm could create addition storms ahead of the line.
(No Ratings Yet) Thunderstorms are popping up in random locations mainly to the north of Interstate 80, with the greatest concentrations around Broken Bow and Columbus. As storms continue to evolve and become more widspread this evening heavy amounts of rain will be layed down over areas already saturated with rainfall from Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Abundant moisture is available to these storms and widespread rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is likely with some locations picking up as much as 4 inches. With some of these storms rainfall rates of up to two inches per hour is possible.
A Flash Flood Watch is in affect and people should be aware that flooding is a pretty good bet across central Nebraska and should be prepared to take action.
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(No Ratings Yet) Like clockwork, storm have waited until after the midnight hour to merge and push through the Tri-Cities region. Heavy rains with a line of storms dropping from north to south through the region have amplified flooding problems created earlier in the afternoon.
Flash Flood Warnings remain in effect for parts of central Merrick, northeastern York, northeastern Hamilton and Polk Counties until 5:15 am. Addtional warnings for the rest of Hamilton and southwestern York Counties until 6:30 am. By Doppler estimates two to four inches have fallen in these areas with an addition one to two inches possible before the night ends. Near Gresham in York County 3.75″ has been estimated by law enforcement.
With the leading edge of the storms settling into Kansas, the heaviest fo the rain is over but light to moderate rain will continue for the next couple of hours adding to the rain gauges.
Natures late night storm schedule is getting kinda old. I think we could all use a full night of uninterupted sleep.
(No Ratings Yet)We have got to stop meeting like this. Our never ending soap opera of thunderstorms continues this evening……again. Storms fired out west in Perkins and Keith Counties reportedly dropping a couple of weak tornadoes late this afternoon, and now storms have merged into a line and it appears another thunderstorm complex producing winds of 60 mph and hail will track across Dawson, Custer and Gosper counties through mid evening.
These storms are moving into an instablility axis and the southern flank of these storm could intensify along the Kansas line in the next couple of hours as well.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for southwest Nebraska and two tiers of counties to the north of Grand Island until 11 pm. Major towns include Kearney, Lexington, Broken Bow, Ord, Loup City, Cozad, Holdrege, Beaver City, Minden and Alma.
Storms should continue to support strong winds and hail through the eastern portions of the watch. We will continue to monitor as the line moves into a somewhat drier airmass thereafter.
(No Ratings Yet) A fairly strong cold front for early July is sweeping into our area. At 7:30 it extended from Yankton, South Dakota to just east of McCook. So far a strong cap in the atmosphere has kept thunderstorms at bay, but as the rest of the evening progresses and the front advances farther east, the cap will erode and thunderstorms will become more active.
A Severe Thundrstorm Watch is in effect until 11 PM for central and northeast Nebraska. Towns in our area included in the watch are St. Paul, Greeley, Central City, Fullerton, Columbus and Albion. The tornado threat will primarily be in Minnesota, but southwest into eastern Nebraska a few strong storms could produce damaging winds, some hail and heavy rains in the watch area.
Scattered storms will linger into the overnight hours it appears, with a few still active in the early morning to the south and east of the Tri-Cities as the front slows down.
With the heat and humidity scoured out by the front, a beautiful weekend is expected with low 80s on Saturday; upper 80s Sunday. An unseasonably cool evening is expected Saturday with eventualy lows dropping into the low 50s.
(No Ratings Yet) Flash Flood Warning has been posted until 1:45 am for Adams County. Torrential rain measured to 1.27″ just prior to 7 PM was responsible for extensive street flooding in Hastings and surrounding areas.
The underpass in town was flooded with about 4 feet of water, but is now clearing. Rainfall around Hastings ranged from 1:38″ as of 7:33 pm to 2.50″ in the west part of town. Street flooding should be gradually subsiding through the evening. Travel on flooded streets is not recommended.
Law enforcement has also closed the southbound lane of Highway 281 between Hansen and the TV station (as of 7:30)
(No Ratings Yet) I’m continuing to monitor the storms out in western Nebraska that I was talking about during the 10 o’ clock news cast. As they currently track through the Broken Bow areas, I will amend the forecast to include a chance of rain a little farther east as the eastern edge may hold together into Dawson and Buffalo Counties though I’m seeing some evidence now of it breaking up. Light rain will be associated with these.
To the west of highway 83 there are stronger storms that will push through Imperial into McCook before they dissipate. None of these are expected to be severe.
A disturbance swinging out of South Dakota, may place a few isolated T’storms to the northeast of the Tri-Cities. One cell will be pushing through O’ Neill shortly after midnight. These also will have to be watched.
(No Ratings Yet) We hit the ground running in the SkyWatch 5 weather center this afternoon. I would have liked to ease into the work week after the holiday weekend but nature had other ideas as some severe storms lit up extreme southern Nebraska and north central Kansas over the afternoon. Sixty mile per hour wind gusts were reported in Superior and Palco, Kansas along with quarter sized hail. At the Lovewell State Park in Jewell County, Kansas winds gusting to 60 mph were sustained over a 15 minute period.
As we head into the evening hours, rain and thunderstorms extend from just west of Marysville Kansas to Scott City, a distance of about a 198 miles. West of highway 183 the storms are less intense and more scattered. Storms producing heavy rain have been trending farther north, crossing highway 36 in Kansas and threatening those Nebraska counties along the state line. The strongest of these storms near Smith Center have been weakening but are still capable of 50 mph winds and nickel hail. The threat for severe weather through the mid evening hours will lie south of a Geneva to Beaver City line. At least until sunset a couple of storms could still produce 60 mph winds and 1″ hail. As these storms slowly push north they will fall apart and become more isolated.
Clouds will become scattered later tonight with skies becoming sunny by tomorrow afternoon. The front currently settling south will stall out over north central Kansas. A couple of storms could affect people living south and southeast of the Tri-Cities late in the afternoon through the early evening of Tuesday. After that, quiet weather through Friday.