⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Frontier, NE; Hayes, NE; Lincoln, NE – Saturday, August 15, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 15 at 1:09AM CDT until August 15 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Western Frontier County in southwestern Nebraska…
Southwestern Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska…
Hayes County in southwestern Nebraska…

* Until 215 AM CDT.

* At 108 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hayes Center,
moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Curtis, Hayes Center, Wellfleet, Dickens, Maywood, Marengo, Hansen
Memorial Reserve State Wildlife Management Area, Hayes Center State
Wildlife Management Area, and Somerset.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 83 between mile markers 34 and 62.
Highway 6 between mile markers 54 and 56.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.