⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Boyd, NE; Garfield, NE; Holt, NE; Loup, NE; Rock, NE – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 1:59AM CDT until August 12 at 2:45AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

SVRLBF

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southern Rock County in north central Nebraska…
Northeastern Loup County in north central Nebraska…
Northwestern Garfield County in north central Nebraska…
Holt County in north central Nebraska…
South central Boyd County in north central Nebraska…

* Until 245 AM CDT.

* At 159 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southwest of Butte to 12 miles south of
Newport to near Rose, moving southeast at 35 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Atkinson and Rose around 205 AM CDT.
Amelia around 225 AM CDT.
O’Neill around 230 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Fox
Bayou, Hannamon Bayou Campground, Sybrant, Emmet, Scottville, Inman,
Twin Lakes State Wildlife Management Area, Redbird State Wildlife
Management Area, Hull Lake State Wildlife Management Area, and Carson
Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 133 and 167.
Highway 20 between mile markers 277 and 318.
Highway 281 between mile markers 162 and 208.

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.