August 12, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Boyd, NE; Brown, NE; Holt, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Rock, NE – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Boyd, NE; Brown, NE; Holt, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Rock, NE
Effective 8/12/2026, 1:22:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/12/2026, 2:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 1:22AM CDT until August 12 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Rock County in north central Nebraska…
East central Brown County in north central Nebraska…
Northwestern Holt County in north central Nebraska…
Eastern Keya Paha County in north central Nebraska…
Western Boyd County in north central Nebraska…

* Until 200 AM CDT.

* At 122 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 13 miles east of Springview to near Long Pine to 9
miles south of Johnstown, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Ainsworth and Long Pine around 125 AM CDT.
Bassett around 130 AM CDT.
Newport around 145 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Hofeld
Lake, Nets Peak, Mariaville, Pony Lake, Dustin, Pine Glen State
Wildlife Refuge, Jones Lake, Mills, Brocksburg, and Twin Lakes State
Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 159 and 199.
Highway 20 between mile markers 241 and 281.
Highway 12 between mile markers 67 and 101.
Highway 7 between mile markers 26 and 55.

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.