| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Box Butte, NE; Dawes, NE |
| Effective | 7/3/2026, 6:01:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/3/2026, 6:30:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 5:01PM MDT until July 3 at 5:30PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
SVRCYS
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Box Butte County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
Southeastern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
* Until 530 PM MDT.
* At 501 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southwest
of Hay Springs, moving northeast 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
northeastern Box Butte and southeastern Dawes Counties.
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.
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