| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Knox, NE; Madison, NE; Pierce, NE |
| Effective | 8/17/2026, 8:32:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/18/2026, 2:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 17 at 8:32PM CDT until August 18 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
ANTELOPE BOONE KNOX
MADISON PIERCE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BLOOMFIELD, CREIGHTON,
CROFTON, ELGIN, NELIGH, NIOBRARA, NORFOLK, OSMOND, PIERCE,
PLAINVIEW, ST. EDWARD, VERDIGRE, AND WAUSA.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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