Alert archive / Nebraska / Thurston County
Weather alerts in Thurston County, Nebraska, 2026
117 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Thurston County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 117
- Warnings
- 33
- Watches
- 26
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- May20 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 12, 20266 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Thurston County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Thurston County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 5 | 100% | 43 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Omaha, NE: tornado warnings | 55 | 19 | 65% | 43 | 79% | 15 min |
| NWS Omaha, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings | 429 | 208 | 52% | 585 | 88% | 23 min |
| NWS Omaha, NE: flash flood warnings | 39 | 15 | 62% | 29 | 69% | 56 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | 20 hr |
| Jan 5, 8:21 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | 12 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:11 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | 28 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | 57 min |
| Jan 16, 10:42 AM CST | Snow Squall Warning | OAX | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 1:16 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | 33 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:13 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | OAX | 35 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:13 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | 28 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:03 AM CST | High Wind Warning | OAX | 7 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:39 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | OAX | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:52 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | OAX | 31 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:56 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | 20 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Feb 17, 7:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 22 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:06 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OAX | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:44 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | 40 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:18 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:12 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 21 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:43 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | 25 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:19 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 36 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:54 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | OAX | 30 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:44 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | OAX | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:44 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:16 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:22 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | OAX | 38 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:18 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | OAX | 35 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:35 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | OAX | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | 19 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 43 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:11 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:11 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 8:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 37 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:07 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | 21 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 22 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 32 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 32 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:38 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OAX | 20 hr |
| May 1, 12:36 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OAX | 19 hr |
| May 12, 11:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OAX | 13 hr |
| May 13, 12:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OAX | 31 hr |
| May 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 66 min |
| May 17, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | 11 min |
| May 17, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 48 min |
| May 18, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 24 min |
| May 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 21 min |
| May 18, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 19, 11:31 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | OAX | 20 hr |
| May 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 31, 7:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 31, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 1, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 1:22 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | 31 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 9, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OAX | 31 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | 4 days |
| Jun 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 13 min |
| Jul 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 2, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:40 PM CDT | Flood Watch | OAX | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 3, 2:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | 3 days |
| Jul 24, 1:48 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | 39 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:26 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | OAX | 71 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | 53 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 9:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:51 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | 10 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:17 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 12, 1:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 12, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 1:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OAX | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OAX | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:52 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OAX | 7 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:17 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:04 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OAX | 4 days |
| Sep 14, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OAX | 11 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.