August 9, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Butler, NE; Colfax, NE; Dodge, NE; Platte, NE; Saunders, NE – Saturday, August 8, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Butler, NE; Colfax, NE; Dodge, NE; Platte, NE; Saunders, NE
Effective 8/8/2026, 1:23:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/8/2026, 2:15:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 1:23PM CDT until August 8 at 2:15PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Colfax County in northeastern Nebraska…
Southeastern Platte County in northeastern Nebraska…
Dodge County in east central Nebraska…
Northern Butler County in east central Nebraska…
Northwestern Saunders County in east central Nebraska…

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 121 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles south of Clarkson to 5 miles north of
Richland to 2 miles east of Columbus, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Weather Instrument Measurement. At 1:18PM, a Nebraska
Mesonet site 1.9 WNW of Leigh reported a 65mph wind gust.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Richland around 125 PM CDT.
Schuyler around 130 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Linwood, North Bend, Morse Bluff and Hooper.

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.