NWS Cheyenne WYSV.W 0348September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dawes, NE
The National Weather Service office in Cheyenne issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Dawes in Nebraska, which was in force until 5:00 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 348th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Cheyenne issued in 2026. Nebraska had 119 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 51 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Nebraska's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 45 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cheyenne WY
- Area
- Dawes
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:15 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 p.m. MDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCYS SV.W 0348
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRCYS The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska... * Until 500 PM MDT. * At 415 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chadron State Park, or near Chadron, moving northeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Chadron and Dawes County Fairgrounds.
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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