ALT A National Weather Service Omaha/Valley informational graphic titled "Greatest Tornado Threat." On the right, a map of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa shows contoured threat areas, with the highest threat indicated by warm red and orange colors in the center. On the left, text reads: "Tornado Watches are in Affect: The best chance of seeing a tornado before dark will be in the warm colored area on the map between Columbus, Norfolk, York, Onawa, and Fremont." Below this, a "What to do" section lists two bullet points: "Be ready to seek safe shelter quickly if warnings are issued," and "Best shelters are indoors on the lowest floor away from doors and windows." A blue box in the bottom right corner states, "Tornado Threat through 8 PM."

ALT National Weather Service graphic titled Preliminary Damage Survey Results. Graphic detail s an EF-3 rated tornado that occurred in northern Douglas and southeastern Washington counties on April 17, 2025. The tornado lasted from 6:55 PM to 7:15 PM CDT. It had estimated peak winds of 140 mph, a path length of 8.3 miles, and a max width of 170 yards. No injuries or deaths were reported. A map on the right shows the path of the tornado stretching from just east of Highway 133 through Nashville and ending near the Missouri River.

ALT This graphic displays Severe Thunderstorm watch number 560 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 12:00 AM CDT. The watch includes parts of Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The threats associated with this watch are no tornadoes expected, scattered hail up to two inch size possible and scattered gusts up to 75 mph likely. There are 3,617,295 people in the watch along with 1455 schools and 118 hospitals.

ALT This graphic displays Tornado Watch watch number 215 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 9:00 PM CDT. The watch includes parts of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The threats associated with this watch are a couple tornadoes possible, scattered hail up to two inch size likely and scattered gusts up to 70 mph possible. There are 1,964,621 person in the watch along with 1034 schools and 98 hospitals.

ALT This graphic displays a tornado warning plotted on a map. The warning is in effect until 7:30 PM CDT. The warning includes Tecumseh NE, Elk Creek NE and Saint Mary NE. This warning is for Eastern Johnson County in southeastern Nebraska. The threats associated with this warning are a radar indicated tornado and ping pong sized hail. There are 3,787 people in the warning along with 2 schools and 2 hospitals.

ALT This graphic displays Tornado Watch watch number 345 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 10:00 PM CDT. The watch includes parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The threats associated with this watch are a couple tornadoes possible, scattered hail up to apple size likely and scattered gusts up to 70 mph likely. There are 2,024,842 people in the watch along with 994 schools and 87 hospitals.

ALT This graphic displays Severe Thunderstorm watch number 324 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 1:00 AM CDT. The watch includes parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The threats associated with this watch are a couple tornadoes possible, scattered hail up to two inch size likely and scattered gusts up to 75 mph likely. There are 1,875,912 person in the watch along with 960 schools and 95 hospitals.