Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2020
52 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 52
- Busiest month
- July18 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 24, 20205 severe thunderstorm watches
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By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Burt, Butler, Cass and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Otoe | 4 hr |
| May 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arthur, Buffalo, Chase, Clay, Custer and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 52 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha, Sheridan and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 19 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Hooker, Keya Paha and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Cherry and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Burt and 51 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Cass, Chase, Clay, Dundy, Fillmore and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Dundy, Fillmore and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Butler and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Hayes, Hitchcock and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Frontier and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dundy, Hitchcock | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 25 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Greeley and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dundy, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 7 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Deuel, Garden and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Dawson, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banner, Cheyenne, Deuel, Kimball, Scotts Bluff | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Knox and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage, Hamilton and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Chase, Clay and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 21 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherry County17
- Perkins County17
- Brown County17
- Keya Paha County17
- Grant County16
- Keith County16
- Lincoln County16
- Thomas County16
- Arthur County15
- Blaine County15
- Custer County15
- Hayes County15
- Hooker County15
- Gosper County15
- Chase County14
- Deuel County14
- Frontier County14
- Logan County14
- Loup County14
- McPherson County14
- Rock County14
- Furnas County14
- Harlan County14
- Phelps County14
- Webster County13
- Buffalo County13
- Dawson County13
- Sheridan County12
- Garfield County12
- Holt County12
- Howard County12
- Sherman County12
- Wheeler County12
- Nuckolls County12
- Adams County12
- Franklin County12
- Hall County12
- Kearney County12
- Garden County11
- Boyd County11
53 more counties
- Cuming County11
- Greeley County11
- Lancaster County11
- Pierce County11
- Valley County11
- Wayne County11
- Clay County11
- Fillmore County11
- Thayer County11
- Dundy County11
- Hitchcock County11
- Cedar County10
- Dakota County10
- Dixon County10
- Knox County10
- Madison County10
- Merrick County10
- Nance County10
- Platte County10
- Seward County10
- Stanton County10
- Thurston County10
- Gage County10
- Jefferson County10
- Saline County10
- Red Willow County10
- Cheyenne County9
- Antelope County9
- Butler County9
- Cass County9
- Dodge County9
- Otoe County9
- Polk County9
- Saunders County9
- Hamilton County9
- York County9
- Banner County8
- Kimball County8
- Morrill County8
- Scotts Bluff County8
- Boone County8
- Burt County8
- Colfax County8
- Sarpy County8
- Box Butte County7
- Sioux County7
- Douglas County7
- Washington County7
- Johnson County7
- Nemaha County7
- Pawnee County7
- Richardson County7
- Dawes County5
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.