August 28 Severe Weather

8:50 PM Update: Severe thunderstorms as well as brief tornadic thunderstorms have worked across the state this evening and are currently stretched over a good portion of the state. Only one warning currently in effect for Marshall county, for damaging winds. Other warnings have been issued with that storm for some time now since it entered the state back at 6:30 PM. The tornado warnings were issued in response to spotter or public reports of tornadoes on the ground, although these storms weren't classic tornado producers they did have signs of strong rotation due to their interaction with different boundaries. Whether or not any of these tornadoes will be confirmed on what their rating will be will come tomorrow. For the most part, it was damaging winds that swept through from Monona & Harrison eastward through Marshall county currently... Expect additional heavy rains throughout the eastern and southern portions of the state overnight.

4:35 PM Update: Severe weather has begun to threaten the state, as storms continue to develop ahead and along the cold front. Severe thunderstorms in eastern Nebraska have been ongoing for the past hour, with a new thunderstorm recently becoming tornadic now in northwest Iowa. Plymouth county is under a tornado warning until 5 PM, this storm will be near the towns of Hinton and Kingsley over the next 30 minutes. No reports have came in with this storm, however radar has shown good signs of rotation within the cell for a while now. Expect additional storms to become severe with mainly damaging winds and large hail as the threats over the next several hours...

12:00 PM Update: Looking at latest satellite/radar, thunderstorms already developing along leading edge of cold front over northwest Iowa. Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson & Emmet counties all have isolated thunderstorms currently working to the northeast. Although none of these storms are severe at this time, expect gradual strengthening into severe storms by mid-afternoon over portions of the northwestern quarter of the state.

11:50 AM Update: Latest update from the Storm Prediction Center has raised probabilities over the northwestern half of the state. Indicating that several lines and clusters of thunderstorms should develop late this afternoon into this evening along a cold front that is moving southeastward over the state. These thunderstorms may become severe and be capable of large hail and especially damaging winds. The best threat is defined along the location of the cold front during the evening hours, which is currently forecasted to be 50 miles northwest and southeast of a S. Sioux City, NE to Albert Lea, MN line. Additional Updates are likely this afternoon as storms evolve.