Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the East

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected from the Upper Ohio Valley into the southern Mid-Atlantic today and portions of the central Appalachians and Carolinas on Saturday. Monsoonal moisture will bring a flash flooding threat to the Desert Southwest. Sweltering heat persists from the Plains to the southern Mid-Atlantic through tonight. Read More >

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The Next 5 Days

An Active Stretch of Severe Weather

There is a Level 1 out of 5 severe weather risk today across western and central Nebraska. Scattered thunderstorms may begin as early as mid-day, with the peak severe potential expected between 3 PM and 11 PM CT. A few storms could briefly become strong to severe, bringing threats of large hail, damaging wind, and locally heavy rainfall. Stay weather aware today! 🌩️

It has been an active stretch of severe weather across western and north-central Nebraska! From August 6 through September 2, our area was included in at least a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms for 28 consecutive days. This was the longest such streak since 2023 and ranks as the 3rd longest for the NWS North Platte forecast area since 2014. For comparison, the longest streak was 35 consecutive days in 2023, followed by 34 days in 2019. The 28-day streak highlights just how active the severe weather pattern has been across our area over the past month.