Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Brown, Holt, Rock Counties NE
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NOAA issued it on August 18, 2026, 5 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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NWS North Platte has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Rock County, southeastern Brown County, and southwestern Holt County in north central Nebraska until 11:00 PM CDT August 17.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- North Central Nebraska
- Issued
- August 18, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS North Platte NE
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 5 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in North Central Nebraska.
Alert Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service in North Platte NE. The alert is effective from August 17 at 10:15 PM CDT until August 17 at 11:00 PM CDT.
Affected Areas
The warning covers Rock County in north central Nebraska, southeastern Brown County in north central Nebraska, and southwestern Holt County in north central Nebraska. Locations impacted include Atkinson, Rose, Emmet, Duff, Pony Lake, Sybrant, Jones Lake, Twin Lakes State Wildlife Management Area, and Johnsons Corner. Affected highways include Highway 183 between mile markers 150 and 177, Highway 20 between mile markers 290 and 303, and Highway 7 between mile markers 19 and 23.
What You Should Do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Expected Conditions
At 10:15 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Newport to 9 miles north of Rose to 15 miles east of Elsmere, moving east at 75 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
Timeline
The alert is in effect from 10:15 PM CDT August 17 until 11:00 PM CDT August 17.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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