⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Jewell, KS; Smith, KS; Adams, NE; Franklin, NE; Kearney, NE; Webster, NE – Sunday, August 16, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 16 at 2:18AM CDT until August 16 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

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The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Jewell County in north central Kansas…
Northern Smith County in north central Kansas…
Franklin County in south central Nebraska…
Webster County in south central Nebraska…
Southwestern Adams County in south central Nebraska…
Southern Kearney County in south central Nebraska…

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 217 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Harlan County Dam to near Riverton to near
Lebanon, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and dime size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Franklin, Lebanon, Naponee, Bloomington, and Riverton around 225
AM CDT.
Inavale around 230 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Red
Cloud.

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.