⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Brown, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Rock, NE – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 1 at 1:06AM CDT until July 1 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Rock County in north central Nebraska…
Brown County in north central Nebraska…
Keya Paha County in north central Nebraska…

* Until 200 AM CDT.

* At 106 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 12 miles northwest of Johnstown to 7 miles southwest
of Ainsworth to 12 miles west of Rose, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Ainsworth, Bassett, Springview, Long Pine, Newport, Johnstown,
Rose, Burton, Hofeld Lake, Raven, Bobcat State Wildlife Management
Area, Twin Lakes State Wildlife Management Area, Duff, Thomas Creek
State Wildlife Management Area, Mariaville, Pine Glen State
Wildlife Refuge, Antelope Peak, Mills, Brocksburg, and Nets Peak.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 149 and 225.
Highway 20 between mile markers 225 and 274.
Highway 12 between mile markers 33 and 86.

Instructions

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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.