NWS Omaha Weather Radar Is Down for Scheduled Maintenance

Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains; Cooler Temperatures in the East

Severe thunderstorms may produce isolated hail and damaging gusts over portions of western Kansas, northwest Oklahoma and the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles today. A high pressure system is bringing mostly clear skies and cooler temperatures across much of the eastern U.S. to the Mid-South through midweek. Read More >

...OMAHA WEATHER RADAR IS DOWN FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE... The weather radar at the National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley is down for maintenance, thus no radar information is being transmitted. If severe weather is threatening during the radar outage, forecasters will use surrounding radar sites to interrogate storms and will still be able to provide timely and accurate warning services. The exact outage duration is unknown, but will likely be through 4pm today The surrounding radar sites serving parts of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa include: Des Moines (KDMX) Kansas City (KEAX) Topeka (KTWX) Hastings (KUEX) North Platte (KLNX) (will be down for an upgrade until 3pm) Sioux Falls (KFSD) Visit radar.weather.gov to access alternate NOAA weather radar sites.