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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 6:55PM MDT until August 12 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
East central Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 654 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southeast
of Gordon, moving southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Speckel Meir Lake, Highway 61 crossing the Snake River, Big Hill,
Morgan Lake, Billys Lake, Highway 27 crossing the Niobrara River,
Intersection of Highway 61 and Survey Valley Road, Rock Hill,
Intersection of Highway 27 and Mills Road, Round Lake, Hire, Indian
Hill, Intersection of Highway 61 and Shadbolt Road, and Whitman
Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River.

This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 175 and 210.

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.