⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Cherry, NE; Garden, NE; Grant, NE; Hooker, NE; Sheridan, NE – Friday, July 3, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 7:16PM MDT until July 3 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
Grant County in west central Nebraska…
Northwestern Hooker County in west central Nebraska…
Northeastern Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
Southeastern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 716 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
of Ashby, or 39 miles north of Arthur, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Hyannis, Ashby, Whitman, Carr Lake, Duluth, Dipping Vat Meadow,
Finnegan Lake, Swede Lake, Kincaid Lake, Mother Lake, Bingham,
Dominick Lake, Pratt Lake, and Spring Valley Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 2 between mile markers 126 and 166.
Highway 61 between mile markers 139 and 177.

Instructions

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

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