⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Brown, NE; Cherry, NE – Thursday, August 20, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 3:36PM CDT until August 20 at 4:15PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
East central Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
West central Brown County in north central Nebraska…

* Until 415 PM CDT.

* At 336 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Johnstown, or 17 miles west of Ainsworth, moving southeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Cherry and west central Brown Counties.

This includes Highway 20 between mile markers 225 and 231.

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.