Tornado watch issued for River Country
Storm spotter activation expected
NEBRASKA CITY – Most of River Country is included in a tornado watch.
A hazardous weather outlook includes Cass, Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee and Richardson counties, as well as western Iowa and northwest Missouri.
The risk factors include possible tornado until 10 p.m. The National Weather Service is recommending activation of storm spotters.
3:33 p.m.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 16 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA FREMONT MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA CASS GAGE JEFFERSON JOHNSON LANCASTER NEMAHA OTOE PAWNEE RICHARDSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUBURN, BEATRICE, CLARINDA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, FAIRBURY, FALLS CITY, FARRAGUT, GLENWOOD, HAMBURG, HARLAN, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA CITY, PAWNEE CITY, PLATTSMOUTH, RED OAK, SHENANDOAH, SIDNEY, STERLING, TABLE ROCK, TABOR, AND TECUMSEH.