A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for central Lancaster County until 4:30 p.m., northern Pottawattamie County until 4:45 p.m. and Nemaha, northeastern Pawnee and northwestern Richardson counties until 5 p.m. A tornado watch is in effect until 10 p.m. Sunday for southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa, including Omaha, Council Bluffs and Lincoln.
Omaha Public Power District's newest coal power plant is a finalist for an award from the trade magazine Power Engineering.
The 600-megawatt Nebraska City Station Unit 2 went into service in southeastern Nebraska on May 1.
The magazine and PennWell Corp. named OPPD's project one of three finalists for the best coal-fired project of 2009 award. The other finalists are in Kentucky and Illinois.
The winners will be announced at a banquet in Las Vegas on Dec. 7.
OPPD serves more than 310,000 customers in 13 southeast Nebraska counties.
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