| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Greeley, NE; Hamilton, NE; Howard, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Polk, NE; Valley, NE; York, NE |
| Effective | 8/19/2026, 9:54:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/19/2026, 4:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 19 at 9:54AM CDT until August 19 at 4:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
599 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
GREELEY HOWARD MERRICK
NANCE VALLEY
IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
POLK YORK
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
HAMILTON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AURORA, CENTRAL CITY, FULLERTON,
GENOA, GREELEY, ORD, OSCEOLA, POLK, SCOTIA, SHELBY, SPALDING,
ST. PAUL, STROMSBURG, WOLBACH, AND YORK.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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