⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Boone, NE; Colfax, NE; Madison, NE; Platte, NE; Stanton, NE – Saturday, August 8, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 1:49PM CDT until August 8 at 2:30PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southern Madison County in northeastern Nebraska…
Northwestern Colfax County in northeastern Nebraska…
Platte County in northeastern Nebraska…
Eastern Boone County in northeastern Nebraska…
Southwestern Stanton County in northeastern Nebraska…

* Until 230 PM CDT.

* At 148 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Humphrey to 2 miles northeast of Monroe to 5
miles north of Silver Creek, moving northwest at 45 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated. This line of storms has a history of
producing an outflow boundary which has produced wind
gusts of 60 to 70mph.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Lindsay around 200 PM CDT.
Newman Grove and St. Edward around 205 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Albion.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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