NWS North Platte NESV.W 0043May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cherry, Grant, Hooker and 3 more, NE
The National Weather Service office in North Platte issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cherry, Grant, Hooker and 3 more in Nebraska, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 43rd 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).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, North Platte NE
- Area
- Cherry, Grant, Hooker and 3 more
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:55 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 0043
- 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 Cherry County in north central Nebraska... Northeastern Grant County in west central Nebraska... Hooker County in west central Nebraska... Northwestern Logan County in west central Nebraska... Northeastern McPherson County in west central Nebraska... Thomas County in north central Nebraska... * Until 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/. * At 755 PM CDT/655 PM MDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Whitman to near Mullen to 16 miles southwest of Thedford to near Ringgold, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Mullen, Thedford, Tryon, Halsey, Seneca, Brownlee, Whitman, Ringgold, Highway 83 crossing The Dismal River, Duluth, Marsh Flat, Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River, Sevenmile Hill, Kelso, Shimmons Lake, Carr Lake, Highway 97 crossing the North Loup River, East Cody Lake, Highway 83 crossing the North Loup River, and Norway. This includes the following highways... Highway 2 between mile markers 148 and 227. Highway 61 between mile markers 154 and 156. Highway 92 between mile markers 204 and 216. Highway 97 between mile markers 32 and 93. Highway 83 between mile markers 124 and 177.
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/1000 PM MDT/ for north central 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