⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Cherry, NE; Sheridan, NE – Monday, August 24, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 24 at 6:04PM MDT until August 24 at 6:45PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
Northeastern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 603 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wakpamni, or
14 miles northeast of Gordon, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include…
Merriman, Hoover Lake, Highway 61 Crossing The Niobrara River,
Irwin, Intersection of Highway 20 and Irwin Road, Shell Lake State
Wildlife Management Area, and Bayonne.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 20 between mile markers 112 and 146.
Highway 61 between mile markers 215 and 231.

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.

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