⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Banner, NE; Morrill, NE; Scotts Bluff, NE – Sunday, August 16, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 16 at 6:34PM MDT until August 16 at 7:15PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

SVRCYS

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Scotts Bluff County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
West central Morrill County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
Northeastern Banner County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 633 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Harrisburg,
or 16 miles south of Scottsbluff, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Gering, Minatare, Melbeta, McGrew, Wildcat Hills State Recreation
Area, Redington, Scottsbluff Airport, Harrisburg, and Wrights Gap.

Instructions

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

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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