SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — (Updated 5:04 PM — 7/10/25) — The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Northwestern Madison County in northeastern Nebraska…Western Pierce County in northeastern Nebraska…Central Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska…Until 600 PM CDT.

At 459 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clearwater, or 7 miles west of Neligh, moving east at 25 mph.

Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts are possible. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will be near…Neligh around 510 PM CDT.

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Western Pierce County in northeastern Nebraska…Northern Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska…Southwestern Knox County in northeastern Nebraska…Until 515 PM CDT.

At 431 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of Clearwater, or 11 miles northwest of Neligh, moving northeast at 25 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail possible. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of western Pierce, northern Antelope and southwestern Knox Counties, including the following locations… Royal, The Highway 14 And 59 Junction, Grove Lake Recreation Area, Brunswick, and Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park.

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch for all of NE Nebraska, Clay & Union counties in SE South Dakota, and: Plymouth, Woodbury, Monona, & Harrison counties in NW Iowa until 10 PM CDT.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, Tornado Watches in effect in parts of Siouxland

Primary threats include…A couple tornadoes possible. Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph, scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter likely

After heavy storms rolled through Siouxland Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, another round of potentially severe weather is inbound Thursday afternoon.

Much of Siouxland has been outlined in an Enhanced (3/5) Risk for severe weather through the afternoon and into the evening and early overnight hours.

This risk zone includes the entire Sioux City metro, communities like: Wayne, Orange City, Le, Mars, Ida Grove, Sac City, and Vermillion.

Elsewhere, along the periphery of the enhanced risk zone, is a Slight Risk (2/5) of severe weather.

Primary threats will be damaging wind gusts in excess of 70 mph, hail up to 2″ (lime/hen egg sized), and an isolated tornado or two. Frequent lightning and very heavy rain is also likely with these storms.

A Flood Watch has been issued in Pierce, Madison, Stanton, Cuming, Burt, Thurston, Wayne, Dakota, Dixon & Cedar counties in NE Nebraska, and: Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Calhoun, Monona, Crawford, & Harrison counties in NW Iowa through 7 AM Friday morning.

Flash flooding is possible as several rounds of storms & heavy rain move through Siouxland.

Have multiple ways to receive further warnings & stay updated on the latest forecast & stay weather aware today and tonight!

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Western Dakota County in northeastern Nebraska…

Dixon County in northeastern Nebraska…Southern Clay County in southeastern South Dakota…

Southwestern Union County in southeastern South Dakota…Until 100 AM CDT.

At 1213 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Vermillion to 6 miles southwest of Newcastle to near Hoskins, moving east at 30 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail are possible. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Severe thunderstorms will be near…Vermillion, Allen, Newcastle, Concord, Martinsburg, and Dixon In Dixon County around 1220 AM CDT. Ponca and Ponca State Park around 1225 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Elk Point, Emerson and Jefferson.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

A severe thunderstorm watch has now been issued in the eastern SD and NE counties that border IA. Expect storms to make their way east through the next few hours.

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Northern Wayne County in northeastern Nebraska…

Northern Pierce County in northeastern Nebraska…Southeastern Knox County in northeastern Nebraska…Cedar County in northeastern Nebraska…Until 1230 AM CDT.

At 1137 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Fordyce to 4 miles northwest of Randolph to 4 miles southwest of Osmond, moving east at 35 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail are possible. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Severe thunderstorms will be near…Hartington, Randolph, and Coleridge around 1145 PM CDT.

Belden around 1150 PM CDT. Laurel around 1155 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Carroll.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Northwestern Lincoln County in southeastern South Dakota…Until 1230 AM CDT.

At 1131 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Winfred to Canova to near Spencer In McCook County to near Alexandria, moving southeast at 40 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail are possible. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Severe thunderstorms will be near…Salem, Emery, and Winfred around 1135 PM CDT. Bridgewater around 1140 PM CDT.Madison, Lake Herman State Park, and Orland around 1145 PM CDT. Canistota, Montrose, and Dolton around 1150 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, Humboldt, Monroe, Marion, Colton, Chester, Hartford and Lyons.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Yankton County in southeastern South Dakota…Until 1145 PM CDT.

At 1100 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Scotland to near Tabor to near Bloomfield, moving east at 40 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail are possible.Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Severe thunderstorms will be near…Lewis And Clark State Recreation Area, Menno, and Tabor around 1105 PM CDT. Utica around 1110 PM CDT. Yankton around 1115 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Mayfield, Mission Hill and Irene.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Northern Pierce County in northeastern Nebraska…Northeastern Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska…Southeastern Knox County in northeastern Nebraska…Southwestern Cedar County in northeastern Nebraska…Until 1145 PM CDT.

At 1056 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of Santee to 2 miles northeast of Center to 9 miles east of Orchard, moving southeast at 30 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail possible. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Severe thunderstorms will be near…Creighton around 1100 PM CDT. Plainview and Bloomfield around 1110 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include

Crofton, Osmond, Wausa and Fordyce.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Northwestern Madison County in northeastern Nebraska…Southwestern Pierce County in northeastern Nebraska…Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska…Southwestern Knox County in northeastern Nebraska…Until 1130 PM CDT.

At 1049 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of Orchard to 6 miles south of Clearwater to 5 miles southeast of Bartlett, moving southeast at 25 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail are possible. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Severe thunderstorms will be near…Neligh and Elgin around 1100 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Petersburg and Oakdale.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a

building.

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…Knox County in northeastern Nebraska…Until 1100 PM CDT.

At 1015 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest of Verdel, or 23 miles east of Spencer, moving east at 40 mph.

60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail are possible. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will be near…Verdel around 1020 PM CDT. Niobrara around 1025 PM CDT.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches are in effect through 1 AM Thursday morning for: Yankton County in SE South Dakota and in NE Nebraska: Antelope, Knox, Pierce, Cedar, Wayne, Madison, & Stanton counties.

Scattered damaging wind gusts up to 80 mph and hail up to 2″ (lime/hen egg) are possible as storms move in into the overnight hours.

Additional watches may be needed farther east as the night progresses as well. Stay Weather Aware and have several ways to receive warnings.

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And stay with KCAU 9 and the KCAU 9 Weather Team for the latest as severe weather moves in!

After severe weather impacted parts of Siouxland Monday afternoon and evening, more severe storms are possible through the end of the workweek.

The first round of severe weather potential arrives through the evening and overnight Wednesday, with northeast Nebraska, southeast South Dakota, and westernmost portions on northwest Iowa in a Slight (2/5) Risk for severe weather. A narrow corridor through Osceola, O’Brien, Cherokee, Ida, and Crawford counties are in a Marginal (1/5) Risk for severe weather.

Elsewhere, storms are expected to decrease in intensity and should stay below severe limits as this cluster of storms pushes eastward.

Wednesday PM Severe Weather Threat
Wednesday PM Severe Weather Threat

Damaging wind gusts, in excess of 65-70 mph are the primary threat for the night tonight, although quarter (1″) to half-dollar (1.25″) sized hail is also possible, along with frequent lightning and pockets of heavy rain.

This batch of storms clears the region through mid morning Thursday and we see clearing and hot/muggy conditions through the afternoon hours.

Another round of showers/storms and severe weather potential arrives by early/mid evening, generally after 6/7PM or so in Siouxland. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 mph, quarter sized hail, and an isolated or two are all possible. Heavy rain will also be a concern with locally heavy rain and localized flash flooding possible.

Thursday Severe Weather Threat
Thursday Severe Weather Threat

Seeing Thursday night’s severe weather threat winding down into the late overnight hours Thursday/early morning hours of Friday as a cold front begins to push through.

Scattered shower/storm chances look to linger into the afternoon Friday with the threat of an isolated strong/severe storm also lingering. Should though, see severe weather and shower/storm chances taper off the later we get into the afternoon and evening hours.