Weather Conditions

5:50 PM CDTupdate symbol

TemperatureAir temperature measured at 7' (2.2m) above ground.

83°

HumidityRelative Humidity is displayed as a 10-minute running average & corrected for sensor bias.

56%

BarometerWhen measuring atmospheric pressure trend matters more than value. A quickly falling barometer can indicate inclement weather approaching. Likewise rapidly rising pressure generally precedes fair weather.

29.63 in
Falling Rapidly

UVThe UV index is a measure of the sun-burning portion of solar ultraviolet radiation.
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0-2: Low
3-7: Moderate
8+: Very High to Extreme
(0-16)

1

Rainfall RateThe rate at which rain is presently falling (updated every 30 seconds)

0.00 in/hr

Heat IndexHeat Index is a measure of how hot it feels when humidity is factored in with air temperature. Must be at least 80°F to be warmer than air temperature. Uses 5-minute smoothed humidity.

84.6°

Dew PointDew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled in order for dew to form. A higher dew point indicates more moisture present in the air. When the dew point equals the temperature then humidity is 100%. This value is a running 5-minute average.

66°

WindWind is displayed as a 10-minute average speed & direction including the maximum wind speed over that period.

Avg: 4 mph ENE
Max: 12 mph

Solar EnergyA measure of direct & diffuse energy received from the Sun. (0-1800)

93 W/m2

Air Quality Air Quality Index is a measure of air pollution by our sensor with dual laser particle counters.
0-50: Good
51-100: Moderate
101-150: Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151-200: Unhealthy
201-300: Very Unhealthy
301+: Hazardous
"ALT-CF3" correction factor applied
(0-500)

38 Good

Detailed Forecast

from NWSAll forecasts on this page are provided courtesy of the National Weather Service and apply to a gridded area within the city limits. at 05:11 PM CDT

weather iconThis Afternoon: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 89, with temperatures falling to around 85 in the afternoon. East wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
weather iconTonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy. Low around 62, with temperatures rising to around 65 overnight. East southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
weather iconSunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 91, with temperatures falling to around 89 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 10 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
weather iconSunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 2am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind 6 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
weather iconMonday: Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
weather iconMonday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
weather iconTuesday: A chance of rain showers before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. North northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
weather iconTuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. North northwest wind 2 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
weather iconWednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
weather iconWednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind around 3 mph.
weather iconThursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
weather iconThursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
weather iconFriday: A slight chance of rain showers between 7am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
weather iconFriday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Sat 5 PM
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85° | 61°
wind iconwind icon E 9
Sat 5 PM
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29° | 16°
wind iconwind icon E 14
Sat 6 PM
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85° | 61°
wind iconwind icon E 10
Sat 6 PM
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29° | 16°
wind iconwind icon E 16
Sat 7 PM
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83° | 60°
wind iconwind icon E 10
Sat 7 PM
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28° | 16°
wind iconwind icon E 16
Sat 8 PM
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79° | 60°
wind iconwind icon E 10
Sat 8 PM
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26° | 16°
wind iconwind icon E 16
Sat 9 PM
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74° | 61°
wind iconwind icon E 10
Sat 9 PM
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23° | 16°
wind iconwind icon E 16
Sat 10 PM
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72° | 62°
wind iconwind icon ESE 10
Sat 10 PM
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22° | 17°
wind iconwind icon ESE 16
Sat 11 PM
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70° | 64°
wind iconwind icon E 10
Sat 11 PM
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21° | 18°
wind iconwind icon E 16
Sun 12 AM
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69° | 64°
wind iconwind icon E 8
Sun 12 AM
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21° | 18°
wind iconwind icon E 13
Sun 1 AM
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68° | 64°
wind iconwind icon ESE 8
Sun 1 AM
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20° | 18°
wind iconwind icon ESE 13
Sun 2 AM
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67° | 64°
wind iconwind icon SSE 8
Sun 2 AM
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19° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SSE 13
Sun 3 AM
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67° | 64°
wind iconwind icon SE 8
Sun 3 AM
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19° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SE 13
Sun 4 AM
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65° | 64°
wind iconwind icon SE 8
Sun 4 AM
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18° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SE 13
Sun 5 AM
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65° | 63°
wind iconwind icon SE 9
Sun 5 AM
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18° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SE 14
Sun 6 AM
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65° | 62°
wind iconwind icon SE 10
Sun 6 AM
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18° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SE 16
Sun 7 AM
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63° | 62°
wind iconwind icon SE 13
Sun 7 AM
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17° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SE 21
Sun 8 AM
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67° | 63°
wind iconwind icon SE 14
Sun 8 AM
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19° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SE 23
Sun 9 AM
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69° | 64°
wind iconwind icon SE 15
Sun 9 AM
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21° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SE 24
Sun 10 AM
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74° | 63°
wind iconwind icon SSE 16
Sun 10 AM
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23° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SSE 26
Sun 11 AM
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79° | 64°
wind iconwind icon SSE 17
Sun 11 AM
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26° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SSE 27
Sun 12 PM
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82° | 65°
wind iconwind icon SSE 18
Sun 12 PM
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28° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SSE 29
Sun 1 PM
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86° | 65°
wind iconwind icon SSE 18
Sun 1 PM
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30° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SSE 29
Sun 2 PM
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89° | 65°
wind iconwind icon S 21
Sun 2 PM
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32° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 34
Sun 3 PM
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89° | 65°
wind iconwind icon S 21
Sun 3 PM
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32° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 34
Sun 4 PM
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91° | 64°
wind iconwind icon S 22
Sun 4 PM
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33° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 35
Sun 5 PM
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89° | 64°
wind iconwind icon S 22
Sun 5 PM
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32° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 35
Sun 6 PM
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86° | 64°
wind iconwind icon S 21
Sun 6 PM
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30° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 34
Sun 7 PM
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85° | 63°
wind iconwind icon SSE 20
Sun 7 PM
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29° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SSE 32
Sun 8 PM
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82° | 63°
wind iconwind icon S 20
Sun 8 PM
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28° | 17°
wind iconwind icon S 32
Sun 9 PM
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78° | 62°
wind iconwind icon S 17
Sun 9 PM
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26° | 17°
wind iconwind icon S 27
Sun 10 PM
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75° | 63°
wind iconwind icon S 15
Sun 10 PM
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24° | 17°
wind iconwind icon S 24
Sun 11 PM
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72° | 64°
wind iconwind icon S 12
Sun 11 PM
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22° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 19
Mon 12 AM
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71° | 64°
wind iconwind icon SSW 9
Mon 12 AM
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22° | 18°
wind iconwind icon SSW 14
Mon 1 AM
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70° | 64°
wind iconwind icon S 8
Mon 1 AM
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21° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 13
Mon 2 AM
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68° | 63°
wind iconwind icon WSW 7
Mon 2 AM
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20° | 17°
wind iconwind icon WSW 11
Mon 3 AM
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67° | 64°
wind iconwind icon S 7
Mon 3 AM
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19° | 18°
wind iconwind icon S 11
Mon 4 AM
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65° | 63°
wind iconwind icon SSE 6
Mon 4 AM
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18° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SSE 10
Mon 5 AM
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64° | 63°
wind iconwind icon SE 6
Mon 5 AM
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18° | 17°
wind iconwind icon SE 10
Mon 6 AM
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63° | 61°
wind iconwind icon ESE 5
Mon 6 AM
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17° | 16°
wind iconwind icon ESE 8
Mon 7 AM
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61° | 60°
wind iconwind icon ESE 6
Mon 7 AM
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16° | 16°
wind iconwind icon ESE 10
Mon 8 AM
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63° | 61°
wind iconwind icon SSE 6
Mon 8 AM
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17° | 16°
wind iconwind icon SSE 10
Mon 9 AM
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65° | 61°
wind iconwind icon ESE 6
Mon 9 AM
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18° | 16°
wind iconwind icon ESE 10
Mon 10 AM
Chance Rain Showers icon
66° | 61°
wind iconwind icon ENE 7
Mon 10 AM
Chance Rain Showers icon
19° | 16°
wind iconwind icon ENE 11
Mon 11 AM
Chance Rain Showers icon
69° | 61°
wind iconwind icon E 7
Mon 11 AM
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21° | 16°
wind iconwind icon E 11
Mon 12 PM
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72° | 62°
wind iconwind icon E 8
Mon 12 PM
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22° | 17°
wind iconwind icon E 13
Mon 1 PM
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74° | 62°
wind iconwind icon E 8
Mon 1 PM
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23° | 17°
wind iconwind icon E 13
Mon 2 PM
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76° | 62°
wind iconwind icon E 8
Mon 2 PM
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24° | 17°
wind iconwind icon E 13
Mon 3 PM
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78° | 63°
wind iconwind icon ENE 9
Mon 3 PM
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26° | 17°
wind iconwind icon ENE 14
Mon 4 PM
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78° | 63°
wind iconwind icon NE 9
Mon 4 PM
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26° | 17°
wind iconwind icon NE 14
Sat 05/16
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High: 89°
Sat 16 May
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High: 32°
Sat Night
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms icon
Low: 62°
Sat 16 May
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High: 17°
Sun 05/17
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms icon
High: 91°
Sun 17 May
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms icon
High: 33°
Sun Night
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms icon
Low: 60°
Sun 17 May
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High: 16°
Mon 05/18
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High: 80°
Mon 18 May
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High: 27°
Mon Night
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Low: 49°
Mon 18 May
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High:
Tue 05/19
Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny icon
High: 61°
Tue 19 May
Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny icon
High: 16°
Tue Night
Partly Cloudy icon
Low: 43°
Tue 19 May
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High:
Wed 05/20
Mostly Sunny icon
High: 64°
Wed 20 May
Mostly Sunny icon
High: 18°
Wed Night
Partly Cloudy icon
Low: 45°
Wed 20 May
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High:
Thu 05/21
Mostly Sunny icon
High: 67°
Thu 21 May
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High: 19°
Thu Night
Mostly Cloudy icon
Low: 48°
Thu 21 May
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High:
Fri 05/22
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms icon
High: 72°
Fri 22 May
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms icon
High: 22°

Almanac

Today's High: 87° at 02:54 PM
Today's Low: 61° at 06:25 AM
Yesterday's High: 91° at 03:33 PM
Yesterday's Low: 58° at 05:54 AM
High since 6AM: 87° at 02:54 PM
Low since 6PM: 61° at 06:25 AM

Normal High:Omaha avg (1991-2020) 75°
Normal Low:Omaha avg (1991-2020) 53°
Record High:Today's record high (1871 - Present) 95° (2019)
Record Low:Today's record low (1871 - Present) 33° (2014)
Yesterday's Departure:Approximate difference from daily "normal" average temperature +12°
Monthly Departure:Approximate difference from monthly "normal" average temperature assuming remaining days are normal.
Currently: +0.303

Today's Max Wind: 16 mph at 1:53 AM
Today's Rainfall: 0.00 in
Yesterday's Rainfall: 0.05 in
Sunrise: 06:04 AM | Sunset: 08:37 PM
Daylight: 14hr 32min

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XSevere Thunderstorm Watch issued May 16 at 5:08PM CDT until May 17 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
211 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

POTTAWATTAMIE

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BUTLER DODGE DOUGLAS
SARPY SAUNDERS WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

BOONE COLFAX PLATTE

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

CASS GAGE JEFFERSON
JOHNSON LANCASTER NEMAHA
OTOE PAWNEE RICHARDSON
SALINE SEWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ASHLAND, AUBURN, BEATRICE,
BELLEVUE, BLAIR, COLUMBUS, COUNCIL BLUFFS, CRETE, DAVID CITY,
FAIRBURY, FALLS CITY, FREMONT, LA VISTA, LINCOLN, MILFORD,
NEBRASKA CITY, OMAHA, PAPILLION, PAWNEE CITY, PLATTSMOUTH,
SCHUYLER, SEWARD, ST. EDWARD, STERLING, TABLE ROCK, TECUMSEH,
WAHOO, WILBER, AND YUTAN.

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