⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Brown, NE; Cherry, NE – Thursday, August 20, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 4:27PM CDT until August 20 at 5:15PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
Southwestern Brown County in north central Nebraska…

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 427 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northwest
of Elsmere, or 26 miles southwest of Ainsworth, moving southeast at
20 mph.

HAZARD…Golf 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…
Elsmere and Willow Lake State Wildlife Management Area.

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.