| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Dawson, NE; Gosper, NE |
| Effective | 8/27/2026, 8:59:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/27/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 27 at 8:59PM CDT until August 27 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Details
SVRGID
The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Gosper County in south central Nebraska…
Dawson County in south central Nebraska…
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 858 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 11 miles west of Oconto to near Gothenburg to 10
miles northwest of Moorefield, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Automated Weather Station. At 836 PM CDT, the automated
sensor at North Platte Regional Airport gusted to 75 MPH.
IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Cozad and Willow Island around 905 PM CDT.
Lexington and Johnson Lake around 940 PM CDT.
Elwood around 945 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Farnam.
This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 209 and 245.
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.
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