⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Butler, NE; Colfax, NE; Platte, NE – Sunday, August 30, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 30 at 5:01AM CDT until August 30 at 5:30AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

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

* Until 530 AM CDT.

* At 500 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles northeast
of Richland, or 10 miles east of Columbus, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Colfax, southeastern Platte and northwestern Butler
Counties, including the following locations… Central Community
College, College View Trailer Park, Lake Babcock, Camp Pawnee,
Shell Creek Elementary School, Circle H Trailer Park, and Lake
North.

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.