⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Arthur, NE; Blaine, NE; Boyd, NE; Brown, NE; Chase, NE; Cherry, NE; Custer, NE; Frontier, NE; Garfield, NE; Grant, NE; Hayes, NE; Holt, NE; Hooker, NE; Keith, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Lincoln, NE; Logan, NE; Loup, NE; McPherson, NE; Perkins, NE; Rock, NE; Thomas, NE; Wheeler, NE – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Arthur, NE; Blaine, NE; Boyd, NE; Brown, NE; Chase, NE; Cherry, NE; Custer, NE; Frontier, NE; Garfield, NE; Grant, NE; Hayes, NE; Holt, NE; Hooker, NE; Keith, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Lincoln, NE; Logan, NE; Loup, NE; McPherson, NE; Perkins, NE; Rock, NE; Thomas, NE; Wheeler, NE
Effective	8/12/2026, 7:39:00 PM CDT
Expires	8/13/2026, 3:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 12 at 7:39PM CDT until August 13 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
579 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

CUSTER

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BLAINE BOYD BROWN
CHERRY GARFIELD HOLT
KEYA PAHA LOUP ROCK
THOMAS WHEELER

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

CHASE FRONTIER HAYES
KEITH LINCOLN PERKINS

IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

ARTHUR GRANT HOOKER
LOGAN MCPHERSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AINSWORTH, ARTHUR, ATKINSON,
BARTLETT, BASSETT, BREWSTER, BROKEN BOW, BURWELL, BUTTE,
CHAMPION, CURTIS, DUNNING, ENDERS, ERICSON, EUSTIS, GRANT,
HALSEY, HAYES CENTER, HYANNIS, IMPERIAL, LYNCH, MAYWOOD, MULLEN,
NORTH PLATTE, O’NEILL, OGALLALA, PAXTON, PURDUM, RINGGOLD, ROSE,
SPENCER, SPRINGVIEW, STAPLETON, TAYLOR, THEDFORD, TRYON,
VALENTINE, AND WAUNETA.

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