⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Nance; Sherman; Howard; Merrick; Polk; Buffalo; Hall; Hamilton; York; Adams; Clay; Fillmore – Thursday, July 30, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 30 at 9:26PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

At 925 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Silver Creek to near Archer to near Cairo to
near Poole. Movement was southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near…
Grand Island, Central City, Clarks, Silver Creek, and Chapman
around 930 PM CDT.
Wood River, Osceola, Alda, Polk, Marquette, and Hordville around
935 PM CDT.
Stromsburg, Shelton, Shelby, and Phillips around 940 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Aurora, Doniphan,
Benedict, Hampton, Giltner, Gresham, Prosser, York, Bradshaw, Hansen,
Hastings, Henderson, Waco and Trumbull.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 292 and 365.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
south central, central and east central Nebraska.

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