Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Nebraska, April 2026
2 tornado watches in April 2026. 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- April 11, 20261 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson and 11 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gage County2
- Jefferson County2
- Saline County2
- Adams County1
- Buffalo County1
- Clay County1
- Fillmore County1
- Franklin County1
- Hall County1
- Hamilton County1
- Harlan County1
- Kearney County1
- Nuckolls County1
- Phelps County1
- Thayer County1
- Webster County1
- York County1
- Burt County1
- Cass County1
- Dodge County1
- Douglas County1
- Johnson County1
- Lancaster County1
- Nemaha County1
- Otoe County1
- Pawnee County1
- Richardson County1
- Sarpy County1
- Saunders County1
- Thurston County1
- Washington County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.