⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Cherry, NE; Sheridan, NE – Monday, August 17, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 6:10PM MDT until August 17 at 7:00PM MDT 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 Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
Northern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 610 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southwest of Wakpamni to 14 miles southeast
of Hay Springs, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Gordon, Rushville, Merriman, Clinton, Big Hill, Morgan Lake, Billys
Lake, Lone Butte, Irwin, Highway 27 crossing the Niobrara River,
Intersection of Highway 20 and Irwin Road, Highway 250 crossing the
Niobrara River, Shell Lake State Wildlife Management Area, Rock
Hill, Bayonne, Intersection of Highway 27 and Mills Road, Hoover
Lake, and Argo Hill.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 20 between mile markers 91 and 137.
Highway 250 between mile markers 27 and 48.
Highway 61 between mile markers 224 and 230.

Instructions

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

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