NWS Cheyenne WYSV.W 0313August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Box Butte and Dawes, NE
The National Weather Service office in Cheyenne issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Box Butte and Dawes in Nebraska, which was in force until 5:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 313th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Cheyenne issued in 2026. Nebraska had 319 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 138 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Nebraska's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cheyenne WY
- Area
- Box Butte and Dawes
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:57 p.m. MDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 p.m. MDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCYS SV.W 0313
- 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
SVRCYS The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Box Butte County in the Panhandle of Nebraska... Southeastern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska... * Until 545 PM MDT. * At 457 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Red Cloud Campground, or 11 miles south of Chadron, moving south at 30 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. 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... Red Cloud Campground, Chadron State Park, and Chadron State Park Campground.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels