⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Adams, NE; Buffalo, NE; Clay, NE; Dawson, NE; Fillmore, NE; Franklin, NE; Furnas, NE; Gosper, NE; Greeley, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Harlan, NE; Howard, NE; Kearney, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Nuckolls, NE; Phelps, NE; Polk, NE; Sherman, NE; Thayer, NE; Valley, NE; Webster, NE; York, NE – Thursday, July 30, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Adams, NE; Buffalo, NE; Clay, NE; Dawson, NE; Fillmore, NE; Franklin, NE; Furnas, NE; Gosper, NE; Greeley, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Harlan, NE; Howard, NE; Kearney, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Nuckolls, NE; Phelps, NE; Polk, NE; Sherman, NE; Thayer, NE; Valley, NE; Webster, NE; York, NE
Effective	7/30/2026, 6:43:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/31/2026, 1:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 30 at 6:43PM CDT until July 31 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
535 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

GREELEY HOWARD MERRICK
NANCE SHERMAN VALLEY

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

POLK YORK

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

ADAMS BUFFALO CLAY
DAWSON FILLMORE FRANKLIN
FURNAS GOSPER HALL
HAMILTON HARLAN KEARNEY
NUCKOLLS PHELPS THAYER
WEBSTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALMA, ARAPAHOE, AURORA, BEAVER CITY,
BLADEN, BLUE HILL, BOSTWICK, CAMBRIDGE, CAMPBELL, CENTRAL CITY,
CLAY CENTER, COZAD, DESHLER, EDGAR, ELWOOD, EXETER, FAIRFIELD,
FAIRMONT, FRANKLIN, FULLERTON, GENEVA, GENOA, GOTHENBURG,
GRAND ISLAND, GREELEY, HARVARD, HASTINGS, HEBRON, HILDRETH,
HOLDREGE, HOLLINGER, INAVALE, JOHNSON LAKE, KEARNEY, LEXINGTON,
LITCHFIELD, LOUP CITY, MINDEN, NELSON, ORD, ORLEANS, OSCEOLA,
OXFORD, POLK, RED CLOUD, ROSEMONT, SCOTIA, SHELBY,
SHERMAN RESERVOIR, SPALDING, ST. PAUL, STROMSBURG, SUPERIOR,
SUTTON, WILLOW ISLAND, WOLBACH, AND YORK.

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