August 18, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Butler, NE; Colfax, NE; Platte, NE – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Butler, NE; Colfax, NE; Platte, NE
Effective 8/18/2026, 12:39:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/18/2026, 1:15:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 12:39AM CDT until August 18 at 1:15AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Colfax County in northeastern Nebraska…
Southeastern Platte County in northeastern Nebraska…
Northwestern Butler County in east central Nebraska…

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 1239 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
Monroe, or 8 miles west of Columbus, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near…
Columbus and Lakeview around 1245 AM CDT.
Richland around 1255 AM CDT.

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.