⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Arthur, NE; Blaine, NE; Brown, NE; Cherry, NE; Custer, NE; Deuel, NE; Garden, NE; Grant, NE; Hooker, NE; Keith, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Lincoln, NE; Logan, NE; Loup, NE; McPherson, NE; Rock, NE; Sheridan, NE; Thomas, NE – Friday, July 3, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Arthur, NE; Blaine, NE; Brown, NE; Cherry, NE; Custer, NE; Deuel, NE; Garden, NE; Grant, NE; Hooker, NE; Keith, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Lincoln, NE; Logan, NE; Loup, NE; McPherson, NE; Rock, NE; Sheridan, NE; Thomas, NE
Effective	7/3/2026, 5:29:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/4/2026, 12:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 3 at 5:29PM CDT until July 4 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
450 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

CUSTER

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BLAINE BROWN CHERRY
KEYA PAHA LOUP ROCK
THOMAS

IN PANHANDLE NEBRASKA

DEUEL GARDEN SHERIDAN

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

KEITH LINCOLN

IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

ARTHUR GRANT HOOKER
LOGAN MCPHERSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AINSWORTH, ARTHUR, BASSETT,
BIG SPRINGS, BREWSTER, BROKEN BOW, CHAPPELL, DUNNING, GORDON,
HALSEY, HYANNIS, LEWELLEN, MULLEN, NORTH PLATTE, OGALLALA,
OSHKOSH, PAXTON, PURDUM, RINGGOLD, ROSE, RUSHVILLE, SPRINGVIEW,
STAPLETON, TAYLOR, THEDFORD, TRYON, AND VALENTINE.

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