| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Saline, NE; Seward, NE |
| Effective | 8/18/2026, 1:39:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/18/2026, 2:30:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 1:39AM CDT until August 18 at 2:30AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Details
SVROAX
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southern Seward County in southeastern Nebraska…
Northern Saline County in southeastern Nebraska…
* Until 230 AM CDT.
* At 138 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles south of
Utica, or 12 miles east of York, moving southeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near…
Beaver Crossing around 145 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Crete.
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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