August 18, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Adams, NE; Clay, NE; Fillmore, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Merrick, NE; York, NE – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Adams, NE; Clay, NE; Fillmore, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Merrick, NE; York, NE
Effective 8/18/2026, 1:06:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/18/2026, 1:45:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 1:06AM CDT until August 18 at 1:45AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

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The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Clay County in south central Nebraska…
Eastern Adams County in south central Nebraska…
Southwestern York County in east central Nebraska…
Hamilton County in south central Nebraska…
Fillmore County in south central Nebraska…
Southwestern Merrick County in central Nebraska…
Hall County in south central Nebraska…

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 105 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Hordville to Phillips to near Wood River,
moving southeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…The Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island
reported wind gusts over 70 MPH

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Aurora, Doniphan, Hampton, Giltner, and Hansen around 110 AM CDT.
Hastings, Bradshaw, and Trumbull around 115 AM CDT.
York, Harvard, Henderson, Inland, and Stockham around 120 AM CDT.
McCool Junction, Saronville, and Lushton around 125 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Sutton, Clay Center, Glenvil, Grafton, Exeter, Fairmont and
Fairfield.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 297 and 358.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.