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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Omaha, NE

April 25, 2026Gage County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2026, 7:24 PM CDT for Gage County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2026, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Omaha, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Gage County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1421 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 25, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 11:46 AM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
1146 AM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-261700-
Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont-Page-
Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-
Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler-Saunders-Douglas-
Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline-Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-
Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson-
1146 AM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Iowa, west central
Iowa, east central Nebraska, northeast Nebraska and southeast
Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to push across the area this
afternoon and early evening. A few strong to severe storms will be
possible. Localized areas of hail (up to 1 inch in diameter) and
strong wind gusts (up to 60 mph) will be possible with any stronger
storms, primarily in southeast Nebraska.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected Sunday afternoon
through Monday morning. A few strong to severe storms will be
possible. Large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threats,
though a tornado or two cannot be ruled out, primarily in southeast
Nebraska.

Repeated rounds of heavy rainfall may bring flash flood concerns
Sunday night into early Monday, primarily in southeast Nebraska and
southwest Iowa.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 1:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
147 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0251 PM     Hail             4 N Missouri Valley     41.62N 95.90W
04/23/2026  M1.50 Inch       Harrison           IA   Public

            Delayed report via social media of hail up
            to ping pong ball sized. Time estimated with
            radar.

&&

mw

Local storm report, Apr 25, 1:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0224 PM     Hail             1 ESE Fairbury          40.14N 97.17W
04/23/2026  M2.00 Inch       Jefferson          NE   Public

            Delayed report via social media of hail up
            to 2 inches in diameter. Time estimated with
            radar.

&&

mw

Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Gage	11 min
Apr 25, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson	49 min
Apr 26, 10:29 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OAX	Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson	19 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.