⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Gage, NE; Lancaster, NE; Saunders, NE – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 1:59AM CDT until August 18 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

Details

SVROAX

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska…
Southwestern Saunders County in east central Nebraska…
Northern Gage County in southeastern Nebraska…

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 159 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles east of Dwight to 2 miles northeast of
Milford to 3 miles northwest of Dorchester, moving southeast at 50
mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Valparaiso, Malcolm, Raymond, and Emerald around 205 AM CDT.
Lincoln, Lincoln Airport, and Pioneers Park around 210 AM CDT.
Ceresco, Davey, and Sprague around 215 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Roca, Hallam, Holmes Lake Park, Waverly, Hickman, Cortland, Clatonia,
Walton, Bennet, Firth, Panama and Adams.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 390 and
414.

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.