⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Gage, NE; Jefferson, NE; Lancaster, NE; Saline, NE; Seward, NE – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 19 at 1:41PM CDT until August 19 at 2:30PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…
North central Jefferson County in southeastern Nebraska…
Southwestern Seward County in southeastern Nebraska…
Saline County in southeastern Nebraska…
Northwestern Gage County in southeastern Nebraska…

* Until 230 PM CDT.

* At 141 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 2 miles southeast of Cordova to 3 miles east of
Exeter to 6 miles southeast of Fairmont, moving southeast 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…
Friend around 145 PM CDT.
Dorchester around 150 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Western, Wilber, Swanton, De Witt and Clatonia.

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.