NWS North Platte NESV.W 0045May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Custer, Lincoln, Logan and 1 more, NE
The National Weather Service office in North Platte issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Custer, Lincoln, Logan and 1 more in Nebraska, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 45th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in North Platte issued in 2026. Nebraska had 256 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 180 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Nebraska's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, North Platte NE
- Area
- Custer, Lincoln, Logan and 1 more
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:59 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLBF SV.W 0045
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska since 2008Every warning type in Nebraska
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The notice as issued
SVRLBF The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska... Logan County in west central Nebraska... Eastern McPherson County in west central Nebraska... Western Custer County in central Nebraska... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 759 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Hershey to 7 miles northeast of Brady, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... North Platte, Stapleton, Tryon, Sutherland, Hershey, Arnold, Brady, Maxwell, Gandy, Lake Maloney State Recreation Area, Ringgold, Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area, North Platte Airport, Keith, Logan. This includes the following highways... Highway 92 between mile markers 193 and 262. Highway 97 between mile markers 1 and 40. Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 158 and 207. Highway 83 between mile markers 70 and 126.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in North Platte. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central, southwestern and west central Nebraska.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska since 2008975 a year
- Every warning type in Nebraska
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels