NWS North Platte NESV.W 0035May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Arthur, Garden and Grant, NE
The National Weather Service office in North Platte issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Arthur, Garden and Grant in Nebraska, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 35th 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 51 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
- Arthur, Garden and Grant
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:39 p.m. MDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. MDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLBF SV.W 0035
- 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... Arthur County in west central Nebraska... Southern Grant County in west central Nebraska... Northeastern Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska... * Until 630 PM MDT. * At 538 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest of Arthur, moving north at 35 mph. HAZARD...Golf 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... Arthur, Haythorn Lake, Jensen Lake, Green Lake, Bourquim Hill, Sand Puddin Lake, Swede Lake, Velma, Pratt Lake, Spring Valley Lake, Kincaid Lake, and McKeag. This includes the following highways... Highway 61 between mile markers 111 and 155. Highway 92 between mile markers 165 and 169.
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 1000 PM MDT for the Panhandle of, 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