Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska
1,817 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1,817
- Busiest year
- 202683 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 61over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County429
- McPherson County419
- Logan County413
- Thomas County408
- Keith County406
- Arthur County401
- Hooker County400
- Cherry County396
- Frontier County391
- Grant County390
- Custer County389
- Hitchcock County388
- Buffalo County386
- Hayes County382
- Dundy County379
- Adams County378
- Harlan County378
- Red Willow County377
- Phelps County376
- Chase County374
- Franklin County374
- Hall County373
- Kearney County373
- Garden County370
- Perkins County370
- Webster County368
- Blaine County367
- Howard County366
- Sherman County366
- Gosper County365
- Clay County363
- Dawson County363
- Furnas County363
- Rock County363
- Hamilton County361
- Merrick County360
- Nuckolls County359
- Brown County358
- Loup County358
- Otoe County358
53 more counties
- Valley County357
- Polk County356
- York County351
- Deuel County348
- Fillmore County348
- Lancaster County347
- Nance County347
- Butler County344
- Thayer County343
- Greeley County342
- Platte County342
- Cass County340
- Dodge County340
- Sheridan County338
- Gage County337
- Holt County337
- Seward County336
- Garfield County334
- Colfax County333
- Saunders County333
- Johnson County328
- Pawnee County327
- Jefferson County326
- Sarpy County326
- Washington County326
- Keya Paha County324
- Morrill County324
- Douglas County323
- Saline County323
- Nemaha County320
- Stanton County318
- Wheeler County317
- Madison County315
- Richardson County312
- Burt County311
- Cuming County311
- Cheyenne County309
- Boone County304
- Thurston County304
- Pierce County303
- Box Butte County301
- Wayne County297
- Antelope County296
- Boyd County295
- Scotts Bluff County287
- Dakota County286
- Banner County282
- Dawes County278
- Kimball County274
- Knox County274
- Dixon County272
- Cedar County271
- Sioux County264
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hamilton, Harlan and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Box Butte, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Keith, Kimball and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dakota, Dixon | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Custer and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dawson, Dundy, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kimball | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Frontier and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Garden, Grant, Morrill and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dundy | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax and 28 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.