| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Boyd, NE; Custer, NE; Garfield, NE; Holt, NE; Lincoln, NE; Wheeler, NE |
| Effective | 8/17/2026, 7:01:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/18/2026, 12:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 17 at 7:01PM CDT until August 18 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 592 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT
IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
CUSTER
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
BOYD GARFIELD HOLT
WHEELER
IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
LINCOLN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATKINSON, BARTLETT, BROKEN BOW,
BURWELL, BUTTE, ERICSON, LYNCH, NORTH PLATTE, O’NEILL,
AND SPENCER.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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