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Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Dangerous Heat in the Southern and Western U.S.

Severe weather and flooding threats will continue for portions of the central U.S. over the next couple of days, with multiple rounds of thunderstorms expected. Dangerous heat will persist across the southern and western U.S. through mid-week. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Intermountain West, where dry thunderstorms may spark additional wildfires. Read More >

During the evening of April 4th, thunderstorms rumbled across south-central Nebraska. Most storms brought rains and some small hail.  One storm did cause some damage near the community of Fairfield in Clay County.  A tornado brief tornado touched down south of Fairfield and moved to the northwest. At the start, the twister took the roof off of a barn.  Near the end of the tornado's path of distruction, it destroyed three outbuildings and caused damage to two homes.  This tornado was rated EF0. 

A little later, a second tornado touched down just east of Sutton in northeast Clay County.  This tornado was also rated EF0.  No damage was reported with the second tornado.