NEBRASKA CITY – The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 7 p.m. for southwest Iowa and 30 counties in east central Nebraska.

The watch area includes Cass, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and Richardson counties in Nebraska and includes Shenandoah, Sidney and Hamburg in Iowa.

11 a.m. Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City expects sunny skies this afternoon with a high temperature in the low 80s. Clouds diminishing at Tulsa at noon with a slight chance of rain.

Storms at Springfield, Mo., through 1 p.m.

12:26 p.m. Tornado warning for Buffalo County near Rockville. Public reports hail from dime to half-dollar size.

1 p.m. – Emergency management reports tornado in Sherman County near Howard City, Neb.

1:49 p.m. – Fire department reports funnel cloud at Friend, Neb., in Saline County. 1.25” hail west of Dorchester. Hail near Fairbury.

2:19 p..m. Tornado warning western Lancaster County, Butler, Seward.

2:20 p.m. – Severe weather forming at Odell, Neb.

2:29 -p.m. – Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., updates Saturday risk map to include southeast Nebraska, northwest Missouri and northern Kansas in enhanced risk.

2:26 p.m. – Cell A4 forming west of Burchard, tracking toward Crab Orchard, Syracuse and Weeping Water

2:30 p.m. – Tornado warning for Lancaster, Saunders counties. Boone County, Seward County, Nancy County.

2:43 p.m. – Tornado warning for Cass County. Radar indicates rotation in northern Lincoln.