⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Fremont, IA; Cass, NE; Johnson, NE; Lancaster, NE; Otoe, NE – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 19 at 2:23PM CDT until August 19 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Western Fremont County in southwestern Iowa…
Eastern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…
Northeastern Johnson County in southeastern Nebraska…
Otoe County in southeastern Nebraska…
Cass County in southeastern Nebraska…

* Until 315 PM CDT.

* At 222 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southeast of Ceresco to 2 miles southwest of
Eagle to Hickman, moving east at 45 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Waverly, Hickman, Eagle, Bennet, Greenwood, Palmyra, and Panama
around 225 PM CDT.
Elmwood and Douglas around 230 PM CDT.
Unadilla and Murdock around 235 PM CDT.
Syracuse around 240 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Weeping Water, Avoca, Cook, Dunbar, Nehawka, Lorton, Nebraska City,
Union and Talmage.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 7 and 24.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 407 and 420.

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.