⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Buffalo, NE; Dawson, NE; Furnas, NE; Gosper, NE; Greeley, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Howard, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Phelps, NE; Polk, NE; Sherman, NE; Valley, NE – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Buffalo, NE; Dawson, NE; Furnas, NE; Gosper, NE; Greeley, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Howard, NE; Merrick, NE; Nance, NE; Phelps, NE; Polk, NE; Sherman, NE; Valley, NE
Effective	7/1/2026, 7:39:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/2/2026, 2:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 1 at 7:39PM CDT until July 2 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
435 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

GREELEY HOWARD MERRICK
NANCE SHERMAN VALLEY

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

POLK

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BUFFALO DAWSON FURNAS
GOSPER HALL HAMILTON
PHELPS

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARAPAHOE, AURORA, BEAVER CITY,
CAMBRIDGE, CENTRAL CITY, COZAD, ELWOOD, FULLERTON, GENOA,
GOTHENBURG, GRAND ISLAND, GREELEY, HOLDREGE, HOLLINGER,
JOHNSON LAKE, KEARNEY, LEXINGTON, LITCHFIELD, LOUP CITY, ORD,
OSCEOLA, OXFORD, POLK, SCOTIA, SHELBY, SHERMAN RESERVOIR,
SPALDING, ST. PAUL, STROMSBURG, WILLOW ISLAND, AND WOLBACH.

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