⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Osborne, KS; Phillips, KS; Rooks, KS; Smith, KS; Dawson, NE; Franklin, NE; Furnas, NE; Gosper, NE; Harlan, NE; Phelps, NE – Thursday, August 27, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Osborne, KS; Phillips, KS; Rooks, KS; Smith, KS; Dawson, NE; Franklin, NE; Furnas, NE; Gosper, NE; Harlan, NE; Phelps, NE
Effective	8/27/2026, 8:16:00 PM CDT
Expires	8/28/2026, 1:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 27 at 8:16PM CDT until August 28 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

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

IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

OSBORNE PHILLIPS ROOKS
SMITH

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

DAWSON FRANKLIN FURNAS
GOSPER HARLAN PHELPS

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALMA, ARAPAHOE, BEAVER CITY,
BELLAIRE, CAMBRIDGE, CAMPBELL, CODELL, COZAD, DOWNS, ELWOOD,
FRANKLIN, GOTHENBURG, HILDRETH, HOLDREGE, HOLLINGER,
JOHNSON LAKE, KENSINGTON, LEXINGTON, ORLEANS, OSBORNE, OXFORD,
PHILLIPSBURG, PLAINVILLE, SMITH CENTER, STOCKTON,
AND WILLOW ISLAND.

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