| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Box Butte, NE; Dawes, NE |
| Effective | 7/9/2026, 5:21:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/9/2026, 6:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 9 at 4:21PM MDT until July 9 at 5:00PM 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 500 PM MDT.
* At 421 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Box Butte
Reservoir, or 22 miles north of Alliance, moving southeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD…Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Hemingford, Box Butte Campground, Box Butte County Fairgrounds, Box
Butte Reservoir, Wild Horse Butte, and Box Butte Dam.
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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