⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Garfield, NE; Holt, NE; Wheeler, NE – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 2:39AM CDT until August 12 at 3:30AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Garfield County in north central Nebraska…
Southeastern Holt County in north central Nebraska…
Wheeler County in north central Nebraska…

* Until 330 AM CDT.

* At 239 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from O’Neill to 7 miles southwest of Chambers, moving
east at 40 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
O’Neill, Ewing, Chambers, Page, Bartlett, Inman, Knievels Corner,
Buffalo Flats, Sunfish Lake, Cumminsville, Four Corners,
Opportunity, and Goose Lake State Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 20 between mile markers 306 and 328.
Highway 281 between mile markers 141 and 191.

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.