| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Keith, NE; Lincoln, NE |
| Effective | 8/17/2026, 7:37:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/17/2026, 8:15:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 7:37PM CDT until August 17 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE
Details
SVRLBF
The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Keith County in southwestern Nebraska…
Northwestern Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska…
* Until 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/.
* At 736 PM CDT/636 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Roscoe, or 7 miles east of Ogallala, moving east at 35 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.
* Locations impacted include…
Sutherland, Paxton, Keystone, Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation
Area, Sarben, Roscoe, Kingsley Dam, Coker, Nevens, and Broganville.
This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 92 and 96.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 128 and 159.
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.
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