Residents of central and eastern Nebraska are checking for damage after thunderstorms dropped large hail and heavy rain on parts of the state Sunday night.

The National Weather Service says a trained spotter reported a tornado in a rural area 5 miles east of Dunning in the Sandhills. And a Weather Service forecaster saw a funnel cloud north of Valley Sunday.

But neither report had been confirmed as a tornado Monday morning.

Hail as large as 3-inches in diameter was reported in Custer County.

Heavy rain fell across a large area of the state. Atkinson received 2.15 inches of rain in a one-hour period.

Several other locations also received more than 1.5 inches of rain between Sunday morning and Monday morning.