BUT IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK. AND WE’RE GETTING YOU PREPARED FOR THE SEASON. METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY HAS MORE IN OUR WEATHER NOW. EXTRA. TODAY MARKS THE START OF SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK HERE FOR NEBRASKA AND IOWA. AND CONTINUES, OF COURSE, THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. TODAY’S FOCUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SO WHAT SETS APART A REGULAR THUNDERSTORM FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM? WELL, IT HAS TO FIT AT LEAST ONE OF THESE THREE CRITERIA, STARTING WITH WIND. WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 58 MILES PER HOUR HAVE TO BE REACHED AND WE’RE TALKING GUSTS NOT SUSTAINED WINDS. NEXT, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL OF AT LEAST A ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. AND THIS HAS TO BE SEEN. SO AT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER, FINALLY TO REACH THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THRESHOLD, TORNADO PART OF THE OFFICIAL DEFINITION HAS TO BE SPOTTED OR PICKED UP HERE ON RADAR. AND THAT’S WHAT SETS APART A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM A REGULAR THUNDERSTORM. NOW, SEVERE WEATHER QUIZ HERE. WHEN CAN SEVERE WEATHER HAPPEN? WELL, IT’S ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. ALL IT TAKES IS JUST THE RIGHT CONDITIONS. BUT PEAK SEASON FOR NEBRASKA AND IOWA, OF COURSE, MAY AND JUNE. AND SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES HAVE HAPPENED EVERY MONTH. AND NEBRASKA AND IOWA. NOW, JOIN US TOMORROW. WE’LL BE DISCUSSING THE