| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Arthur, NE; Grant, NE; Hooker, NE; McPherson, NE |
| Effective | 6/30/2026, 11:07:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/1/2026, 12:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 30 at 11:07PM CDT until July 1 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE
Details
SVRLBF
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Eastern Arthur County in west central Nebraska…
Southeastern Grant County in west central Nebraska…
Southern Hooker County in west central Nebraska…
McPherson County in west central Nebraska…
* Until midnight CDT/1100 PM MDT/.
* At 1106 PM CDT/1006 PM MDT/, severe thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Arthur to 14 miles south of Swan
Lake to 13 miles northeast of Keystone, moving northeast at 50 mph.
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR MUCH OF MCPHERSON AND HOOKER
COUNTIES.
HAZARD…80 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE…Automated weather sensors have reported multiple 70 to 80
mile per hour wind gusts across Keith and Arthur
counties.
IMPACT…Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
* Locations impacted include…
Tryon, Swan Lake, Lena, Sand Puddin Lake, Flatts, Big Lamunyon
Flats, Cogill Lake, East Cody Lake, Calora, Green Lake, Bucktail
Lake, Sand Beach Lake, Highway 97 crossing the Dismal River, Three
Mile Lake, Diamond Bar Lake, Bucktail, Schnick Lake, and Shimmons
Lake.
This includes the following highways…
Highway 92 between mile markers 167 and 206.
Highway 97 between mile markers 32 and 61.
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.
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