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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Chase, NE; Perkins, NE – Monday, August 17, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Chase, NE; Perkins, NE
Effective 8/17/2026, 7:14:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/17/2026, 8:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 6:14PM MDT until August 17 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Perkins County in southwestern Nebraska…
North central Chase County in southwestern Nebraska…

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 614 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Grant, moving east at 20 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.

* Locations impacted include…
Grant, Brandon, and Wild Horse Spring.

This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 58 and 72.

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.