⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Cherry, NE; Garden, NE; Grant, NE; Sheridan, NE – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 7:56PM MDT until August 12 at 8:45PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

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The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
Northwestern Grant County in west central Nebraska…
Northern Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
Southeastern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 845 PM MDT.

* At 755 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ellsworth, or
28 miles east of Alliance, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Mesonet observed gusts of 67 mph.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Ellsworth, Ashby, Watson Lake, Bingham, Dipping Vat Meadow,
Dominick Lake, Finnegan Lake, and Kennedy Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 4.
Highway 2 between mile markers 111 and 139.

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.