| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Box Butte, NE; Dawes, NE |
| Effective | 7/28/2026, 2:47:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/28/2026, 3:30:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 1:47PM MDT until July 28 at 2:30PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
SVRCYS
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Box Butte County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
Southeastern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
* Until 230 PM MDT.
* At 147 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Box Butte
Campground, or 26 miles northwest of Alliance, moving northeast 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…
Box Butte Campground, Box Butte Reservoir, Box Butte Dam, and
Marsland.
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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