Severe storms are LIKELY Saturday evening into Sunday across Nebraska! Storms will develop out west near 4pm Saturday & move northeast through the overnight hours into Sunday morning. Lincoln and eastern Nebraska will likely see STRONG WINDS up to 55-65+ mph late Saturday night.
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TORNADO & SEVERE T-STORM WATCHES are in place through 10pm tonight from Hastings and areas west.
FORECAST:
4-7PM: Isolated storms develop SW carrying a LARGE hail, tornado & wind threat. Storms will track north east through tonight. SW Nebraska will have the best potential for tornadoes this evening. Keeping an eye near McCook and areas near Broken Bow.
A few brief TORNADOES EF-1+ will be possible across SW and western Nebraska. I’m looking at places like McCook, Ogallala, Tryon, Mullen & areas north & west of North Platte .
5-8PM: Storm fuel Saturday evening will be high to extreme across SW Nebraska. The low level jet ( low level winds) will also be contributing this time. Those 2 combinations increase rotation within storms.
8-10PM: This will be when the wind & hail potential begin to peak. A few embedded tornadoes could be possible north of I-80 near Cherry county. Storms will push ENE as they converge. There could be rotation within this line of storms as they push up. Keeping an eye north of North Platte & areas slightly east.
Large hail up to golf balls or greater will be possible with these storms Saturday evening.
10PM-Midnight: Storms kick up into eastern Nebraska carrying a wind & hail threat. Lincoln will likely see storms near 9-11pm. Main concern across Lincoln and SE Nebraska will be damaging winds up to 65+ mph & small hail.
Damaging winds up to 65-75+ mph will be possible as storms push east into SE Nebraska by 11pm.
SUNDAY: MAY 31, 2026
High temperatures Sunday will reach the 80s and 90s. The hot spots near the NE/KS border.
Sunday evening near 5-11pm, a few strong to severe storms could pop up in SE Nebraska carrying a LARGE HAIL & wind threat. These storms will rely on Saturday nights storms. Stay tuned through Sunday for the latest. SE Nebraska will be the spot to watch Sunday evening,
Sunday 5-11pm: A few strong to severe storms could pop up in SE Nebraska carrying a LARGE HAIL & wind threat.
A HOT & muggy 10 day! This week brings rain/storm chances mainly into the evening hours with temperatures staying in the 80s and lows near 62-65 degrees.
Meteorologist Houston Hall
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