| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Box Butte, NE; Dawes, NE |
| Effective | 8/23/2026, 4:01:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/23/2026, 5:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 23 at 3:01PM MDT until August 23 at 4:00PM 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 400 PM MDT.
* At 301 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Red Cloud Campground, or 17 miles south of Chadron, moving east at
15 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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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