Iowa, Nebraska Severe Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 08/12/2026 00:25

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 12 at 2:25AM CDT until August 12 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
August 12, 2026 - 12:25am
Expires: 
August 12, 2026 - 8:00am
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 573 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA FREMONT HARRISON MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA MONONA IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BURT BUTLER DODGE DOUGLAS SARPY SAUNDERS WASHINGTON IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ANTELOPE BOONE CEDAR COLFAX CUMING KNOX MADISON PIERCE PLATTE STANTON THURSTON WAYNE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA CASS LANCASTER OTOE SEWARD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ASHLAND, BELLEVUE, BLAIR, BLOOMFIELD, CLARINDA, COLERIDGE, COLUMBUS, COUNCIL BLUFFS, CREIGHTON, CROFTON, DAVID CITY, DECATUR, DUNLAP, ELGIN, FARRAGUT, FREMONT, GLENWOOD, HAMBURG, HARLAN, HARTINGTON, LA VISTA, LAUREL, LINCOLN, LOGAN, LYONS, MACY, MAPLETON, MILFORD, MISSOURI VALLEY, NEBRASKA CITY, NELIGH, NIOBRARA, NORFOLK, OAKLAND, OMAHA, ONAWA, OSMOND, PAPILLION, PENDER, PIERCE, PLAINVIEW, PLATTSMOUTH, RANDOLPH, RED OAK, SCHUYLER, SEWARD, SHENANDOAH, SIDNEY, ST. EDWARD, STANTON, TABOR, TEKAMAH, VERDIGRE, WAHOO, WALTHILL, WAUSA, WAYNE, WEST POINT, WINNEBAGO, WISNER, WOODBINE, AND YUTAN.
Area Description: 
Fremont, IA; Harrison, IA; Mills, IA; Monona, IA; Montgomery, IA; Page, IA; Pottawattamie, IA; Shelby, IA; Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Burt, NE; Butler, NE; Cass, NE; Cedar, NE; Colfax, NE; Cuming, NE; Dodge, NE; Douglas, NE; Knox, NE; Lancaster, NE; Madison, NE; Otoe, NE; Pierce, NE; Platte, NE; Sarpy, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE; Stanton, NE; Thurston, NE; Washington, NE; Wayne, NE
Forcast Office: 
NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov