⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Butler, NE; Cedar, NE; Colfax, NE; Cuming, NE; Dodge, NE; Gage, NE; Jefferson, NE; Knox, NE; Lancaster, NE; Madison, NE; Pierce, NE; Platte, NE; Saline, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE; Stanton, NE; Wayne, NE – Thursday, July 30, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Butler, NE; Cedar, NE; Colfax, NE; Cuming, NE; Dodge, NE; Gage, NE; Jefferson, NE; Knox, NE; Lancaster, NE; Madison, NE; Pierce, NE; Platte, NE; Saline, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE; Stanton, NE; Wayne, NE
Effective	7/30/2026, 6:39:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/31/2026, 1:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 30 at 6:39PM CDT until July 31 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
535 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BUTLER DODGE SAUNDERS

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

ANTELOPE BOONE CEDAR
COLFAX CUMING KNOX
MADISON PIERCE PLATTE
STANTON WAYNE

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

GAGE JEFFERSON LANCASTER
SALINE SEWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ASHLAND, BEATRICE,
BLOOMFIELD, COLERIDGE, COLUMBUS, CREIGHTON, CRETE, CROFTON,
DAVID CITY, ELGIN, FAIRBURY, FREMONT, HARTINGTON, LAUREL,
LINCOLN, MILFORD, NELIGH, NIOBRARA, NORFOLK, OSMOND, PIERCE,
PLAINVIEW, RANDOLPH, SCHUYLER, SEWARD, ST. EDWARD, STANTON,
VERDIGRE, WAHOO, WAUSA, WAYNE, WEST POINT, WILBER, WISNER,
AND YUTAN.

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