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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Hitchcock, NE; Red Willow, NE – Thursday, August 27, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Hitchcock, NE; Red Willow, NE
Effective 8/27/2026, 9:29:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/27/2026, 10:45:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 27 at 9:29PM CDT until August 27 at 10:45PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS

Details

SVRGLD

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska…
Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska…

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 928 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles northwest of Hayes Center to 6 miles west of
Eustis, moving south at 35 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.

* Locations impacted include…
Palisade, Bartley, McCook, Culbertson, Indianola, Trenton, Lebanon
and Danbury.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning are
occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.