Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Nebraska, May 2026
4 tornado watches in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boyd, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota and 12 more | 8 hr |
| May 17, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay and 33 more | 8 hr |
| May 18, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Deuel and 15 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gage County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Nemaha County2
- Otoe County2
- Pawnee County2
- Richardson County2
- Antelope County1
- Boyd County1
- Burt County1
- Cedar County1
- Cuming County1
- Dakota County1
- Dixon County1
- Garfield County1
- Holt County1
- Knox County1
- Loup County1
- Madison County1
- Pierce County1
- Rock County1
- Stanton County1
- Thurston County1
- Wayne County1
- Wheeler County1
- Adams County1
- Boone County1
- Buffalo County1
- Butler County1
- Cass County1
- Clay County1
- Colfax County1
- Dodge County1
- Douglas County1
- Fillmore County1
- Franklin County1
- Greeley County1
- Hall County1
- Hamilton County1
- Howard County1
38 more counties
- Kearney County1
- Lancaster County1
- Merrick County1
- Nance County1
- Nuckolls County1
- Platte County1
- Polk County1
- Saline County1
- Sarpy County1
- Saunders County1
- Seward County1
- Sherman County1
- Thayer County1
- Valley County1
- Washington County1
- Webster County1
- York County1
- Arthur County1
- Blaine County1
- Chase County1
- Cherry County1
- Custer County1
- Deuel County1
- Dundy County1
- Frontier County1
- Garden County1
- Grant County1
- Hayes County1
- Hitchcock County1
- Hooker County1
- Keith County1
- Lincoln County1
- Logan County1
- McPherson County1
- Perkins County1
- Red Willow County1
- Sheridan County1
- Thomas 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.