⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Custer, NE; Frontier, NE; Hayes, NE; Lincoln, NE – Saturday, August 15, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 15 at 1:37AM CDT until August 15 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

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The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Frontier County in southwestern Nebraska…
Eastern Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska…
Southwestern Custer County in central Nebraska…
Northeastern Hayes County in southwestern Nebraska…

* Until 215 AM CDT.

* At 136 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Moorefield,
or near Curtis, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
North Platte, Curtis, Brady, Maxwell, Wellfleet, Moorefield,
Stockville, Lake Maloney State Recreation Area, North Platte
Airport, Keith, Maywood, Cottonwood Canyon State Wildlife
Management Area, Etna, Hansen Memorial Reserve State Wildlife
Management Area, Jeffrey Canyon State Wildlife Management Area,
Vroman, Somerset, and Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 177 and 207.
Highway 83 between mile markers 44 and 96.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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