⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Seward; Lancaster; Saline; Jefferson; Gage – Saturday, September 12, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 12 at 9:56AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

At 955 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Emerald to 3 miles
southwest of Cortland to 5 miles northwest of Jansen. Movement was
southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Half inch hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

* Locations impacted include…
Southern Lincoln, Beatrice, Crete, Wilber, Hickman, Firth,
Dorchester, Adams, De Witt, Cortland, Plymouth, Diller, Panama,
Western, Clatonia, Roca, Hallam, Pleasant Dale, Pickrell, and
Daykin.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 388 and
390.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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