⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Arthur, NE; Blaine, NE; Brown, NE; Cherry, NE; Deuel, NE; Garden, NE; Grant, NE; Hooker, NE; Keith, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Logan, NE; Loup, NE; McPherson, NE; Rock, NE; Sheridan, NE; Thomas, NE – Monday, August 17, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Arthur, NE; Blaine, NE; Brown, NE; Cherry, NE; Deuel, NE; Garden, NE; Grant, NE; Hooker, NE; Keith, NE; Keya Paha, NE; Logan, NE; Loup, NE; McPherson, NE; Rock, NE; Sheridan, NE; Thomas, NE
Effective	8/17/2026, 5:42:00 PM CDT
Expires	8/18/2026, 12:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 17 at 5:42PM CDT until August 18 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

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

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BLAINE BROWN CHERRY
KEYA PAHA LOUP ROCK
THOMAS

IN PANHANDLE NEBRASKA

DEUEL GARDEN SHERIDAN

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

KEITH

IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

ARTHUR GRANT HOOKER
LOGAN MCPHERSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AINSWORTH, ARTHUR, BASSETT,
BIG SPRINGS, BREWSTER, CHAPPELL, DUNNING, GORDON, HALSEY,
HYANNIS, LEWELLEN, MULLEN, 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.