WELLFLEET, Neb. – A jaw-dropping scene unfolded across the fields south of North Platte, Nebraska, on Monday evening as storm chasers tracked a massive tornado that lasted over an hour.

As a line of storms marched across the Upper Midwest on Monday, spawning Tornado Warnings, several twisters were spotted by storm chasers in Minnesota and Nebraska. The tornado captured below by Jim Tang takes the cake.

Chasers said the tornado continued moving through multiple remote farm communities in Nebraska for over an hour. Eventually, the tornado was captured in the video above next to a rainbow.

A massive tornado seen from Wellfleet, Nebraska on Monday, June 17, 2025.

(JIM TANG/LSM / FOX Weather)

“Still can’t believe this happened,” Tang wrote on X.

Another video of the same long-track tornado taken near Dickens, Nebraska, shows another angle of the rainbow-tornado combo. 

A large tornado was spotted spinning next to a rainbow in Dickens, Nebraska, on Monday. Video by Connor McCarty shows the towering vortex, with the rainbow adding to the shot.

There were more than a dozen reports of tornadoes on Monday, most of which were in Minnesota. 

Another transfer portal addition for Nebraska baseball.

Junior college infielder Nico Newhan has committed to the Huskers. He made the announcement on social media Sunday.

Newhan has three years of eligibility remaining.

Out of Maranatha Christian High School in California, Newhan had a career .438 batting average with 122 runs scored, 110 RBI, 39 doubles, two triples, and 25 home runs. The 2024 graduate signed with Arizona but not play as a freshman, hitting the transfer portal.

This spring at Grossmont College, Newhan had a .380 batting average with 19 home runs and 61 RBI.

Newhan is the fourth transfer portal addition for Nebraska. He joins MAC Pitcher of the Year Cooper Katskee, Mississippi State pitcher Kevin Mannell and Division II All-American Jett Buck in becoming Huskers. There have been double-digit Huskers use the portal the portal to exit the program, including Cayden Brumbaugh to Oklahoma.

Nebraska captured a second straight Big Ten Tournament title after making a run in Omaha over Michigan State, Oregon, Penn State and UCLA. Those good times were short-lived, with the Huskers getting shellacked in the Chapel Hill Regional to finish the season at 33-29.

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