| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Polk, NE; York, NE |
| Effective | 8/13/2026, 1:23:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/13/2026, 4:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 13 at 1:23AM CDT until August 13 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 579 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY
THIS MORNING
IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
MERRICK NANCE
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
POLK YORK
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
HALL HAMILTON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AURORA, CENTRAL CITY, FULLERTON,
GENOA, GRAND ISLAND, OSCEOLA, POLK, SHELBY, STROMSBURG, AND YORK.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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