⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sherman; Howard; Buffalo; Hall; Kearney; Adams – Friday, July 3, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 3 at 1:25AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

At 124 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hazard to near Gibbon to near Upland.
Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Minden, Gibbon, Ravenna, Wood River, Shelton, Kenesaw, Cairo,
Juniata, Alda, Dannebrog, Litchfield, Holstein, Farwell, Rockville,
Heartwell, Hazard, and Prosser.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 276 and 310.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Nebraska.

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