Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Garden and Sheridan Counties, Nebraska
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NOAA issued it on August 15, 2026, 8 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 northwestern Garden County and southern Sheridan County in Nebraska until 6:45 PM MDT on August 15, 2026.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Panhandle of Nebraska
- Issued
- August 15, 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 8 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Panhandle of 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 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM MDT until August 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM MDT.
Affected Areas
The warning covers northwestern Garden County and southern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska. Locations impacted include Ellsworth, Antioch, Miles Lake, Snow Lake, Wickson Lake, Patterson Lake, Lakeside, Herman Lake, Krause Lake, and Kennedy Lake. Highways affected are Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 13 and Highway 2 between mile markers 98 and 121.
What You Should Do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Expected Conditions
At 5:57 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Antioch, or 16 miles east of Alliance, moving east at 20 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
Timeline
The warning is in effect from 5:57 PM MDT to 6:45 PM MDT on August 15, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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