⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Fremont, IA; Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Butler, NE; Cass, NE; Colfax, NE; Lancaster, NE; Madison, NE; Otoe, NE; Platte, NE; Sarpy, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE; Stanton, NE – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Fremont, IA; Antelope, NE; Boone, NE; Butler, NE; Cass, NE; Colfax, NE; Lancaster, NE; Madison, NE; Otoe, NE; Platte, NE; Sarpy, NE; Saunders, NE; Seward, NE; Stanton, NE
Effective	8/19/2026, 9:53:00 AM CDT
Expires	8/19/2026, 4:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 19 at 9:53AM CDT until August 19 at 4:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

FREMONT

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BUTLER SARPY SAUNDERS

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

ANTELOPE BOONE COLFAX
MADISON PLATTE STANTON

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

CASS LANCASTER OTOE
SEWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ASHLAND, BELLEVUE, COLUMBUS,
DAVID CITY, ELGIN, FARRAGUT, HAMBURG, LA VISTA, LINCOLN, MILFORD,
NEBRASKA CITY, NELIGH, NORFOLK, PAPILLION, PLATTSMOUTH, SCHUYLER,
SEWARD, SIDNEY, ST. EDWARD, STANTON, TABOR, WAHOO, AND YUTAN.

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