NWS North Platte NESV.W 0044May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Custer, NE
The National Weather Service office in North Platte issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Custer in Nebraska, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 44th 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 47 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
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:58 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 0044
- 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... Southeastern Custer County in central Nebraska... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 757 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles north of Cozad to near Eddyville to 7 miles south of Sumner, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Broken Bow, Callaway, Ansley, Merna, Mason City, Oconto, Berwyn, Weissert, Westerville, Burr Oak, Gavin Siding, Lodi, Intersection of Highway 183 and Cumro Road, Buckeye, Block Hill Basin, Pressey State Wildlife Management Area, and Cumro. This includes the following highways... Highway 183 between mile markers 73 and 102. Highway 2 between mile markers 269 and 307. Highway 92 between mile markers 264 and 308.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for 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