| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Cherry, NE; Garden, NE; Sheridan, NE |
| Effective | 8/12/2026, 7:58:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/12/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 6:58PM MDT until August 12 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE
Details
SVRLBF
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
Northern Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
Southern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 657 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles north of
Antioch, or 16 miles northeast of Alliance, moving southeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Ellsworth, Watson Lake, Dipping Vat Meadow, Finnegan Lake, Kincaid
Lake, Kennedy Lake, Snow Lake, Bingham, Wickson Lake, Diamond Lake,
Wolf Hill, Krause Lake, and Argo Hill.
This includes the following highways…
Highway 250 between mile markers 2 and 24.
Highway 2 between mile markers 113 and 130.
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.
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