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Severe Thunderstorms in the Central Plains; Heavy Rainfall in the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys; Critical Fire Weather in the Southwest

Scattered severe storms capable of large to very large hail, severe wind gusts, and a few tornadoes will be possible across the central Plains. Heavy rain will pose a flash flood threat across portions of the Mississippi Valley into the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. Hot, dry and windy conditions will continue to bring a critical fire weather threat from the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >

Here is today's updated severe weather outlook for western and north central Nebraska.
A Fire Weather Watch remains in effect for the western Sandhills and the Panhandle Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening.
An area of showers and thunderstorms will move eastward at 20 mph through 11 am CDT within the yellow dashed area. Brief heavy rain, with rainfall amounts exceeding a half inch locally are possible along with frequent lightning.