⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Cherry, NE; Keya Paha, NE – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 12:23AM CDT until August 12 at 1:15AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

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The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Cherry County in north central Nebraska…
Northwestern Keya Paha County in north central Nebraska…

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 1222 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Littleburg to near Kilgore, moving east at 45
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…
Valentine around 1240 AM CDT.
Norden around 100 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Highway 97 crossing the Niobrara River, Crookston, Sparks, Smith
Falls State Park, and Schlagel Creek State Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 220 and 224.
Highway 20 between mile markers 174 and 208.
Highway 97 between mile markers 128 and 141.
Highway 83 between mile markers 202 and 222.
Highway 12 between mile markers 1 and 35.

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.