EF0 tornado in Saline County, Nebraska

A narrow area, less than 100 yards across with several damaged trees and downed limbs was documented along Highway 15. Roads off of the highway near this location were impassable. This damage lines up perfectly with tight radar indicated rotation, and with a funnel observation. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated at 74 miles per hour. The width of this tornado was measured to be at 80 yards.

At the beginning of July, river flooding was still ongoing along portions of the Missouri River extending from east-central Nebraska/southwest Iowa to the southern Nebraska border. Most of the length of the river crested at the end of June, so the greatest impacts are addressed in June StormData. However, sections of I-29 and the I-29/I680 junction remained closed through the first week of July as flood waters receded. There were also riverfront properties in far southeast Nebraska that were flooded this first week of July as well.

On the morning of July 1st, a trough positioned over the Rockies ejected out into the central Plains. At the surface, a low pressure developed in the central High Plains in response to this upper level feature, with a quasi-stationary warm front draped from central Nebraska southeast into the lower Mississippi River Valley. Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along and north of this frontal zone by the evening hours, resulting in widespread heavy rain across much of southeast Nebraska into southwest Iowa. Sporadic severe weather also occurred, primarily focused in Lincoln and surrounding areas. This included an EF-0 in Saline County and an EF-1 just southwest of Lincoln. Training thunderstorms produced flash flooding across much of the I-80 corridor between Lincoln and Omaha. A Flash Flood Emergency was issued for locations around Horseshoe Lake in Cass County due to water rapidly rising and trapping multiple people in their homes.