August 19, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Gage, NE; Johnson, NE; Lancaster, NE; Nemaha, NE; Otoe, NE; Pawnee, NE – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Gage, NE; Johnson, NE; Lancaster, NE; Nemaha, NE; Otoe, NE; Pawnee, NE
Effective 8/19/2026, 2:45:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/19/2026, 3:45:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 19 at 2:45PM CDT until August 19 at 3:45PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…
Johnson County in southeastern Nebraska…
Western Nemaha County in southeastern Nebraska…
Southern Otoe County in southeastern Nebraska…
Northeastern Pawnee County in southeastern Nebraska…
Northern Gage County in southeastern Nebraska…

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 245 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southeast of Douglas to 3 miles northeast of
Beatrice, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Sterling and Filley around 250 PM CDT.
Cook and Crab Orchard around 255 PM CDT.
Tecumseh around 300 PM CDT.
Lewiston around 305 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Johnson, Elk Creek and Table Rock.

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.