⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Box Butte, NE; Dawes, NE – Monday, August 17, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 4:34PM MDT until August 17 at 5:15PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

SVRCYS

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Central Box Butte County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
Southern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 515 PM MDT.

* At 434 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Box Butte
County Fairgrounds, or 23 miles northwest of Alliance, moving
southeast at 25 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…
Hemingford, Box Butte County Fairgrounds, Berea, and Wild Horse
Butte.

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.