August 19, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Greeley, NE; Howard, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Valley, NE – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Greeley, NE; Howard, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Valley, NE
Effective 8/19/2026, 10:57:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/19/2026, 11:45:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 19 at 10:57AM CDT until August 19 at 11:45AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

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The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Greeley County in central Nebraska…
Western Nance County in central Nebraska…
Eastern Valley County in central Nebraska…
Northwestern Merrick County in central Nebraska…
Northeastern Howard County in central Nebraska…

* Until 1145 AM CDT.

* At 1056 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Spalding to 8 miles southeast of Ericson to
near Burwell, moving southeast at 40 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…
Spalding, Elyria, and Fort Hartsuff State Park around 1100 AM CDT.
Ord around 1105 AM CDT.
Greeley around 1110 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Belgrade and Scotia.

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.