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Seward County Emergency Management - Nebraska
Wednesday August 19th, 2026 :: 12:57 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:45PM

SVROAX The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Seward County in southeastern Nebraska... Northwestern Saline County in southeastern Nebraska... Southwestern Butler County in east central Nebraska...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 1256 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Rising City to 5 miles northwest of Waco to 2 miles west of Bradshaw, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Surprise around 100 PM CDT. Utica and Ulysses around 105 PM CDT. Staplehurst around 115 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Beaver Crossing, Bee, Goehner, Seward, Cordova and Garland. This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 366 and 379.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUTLER, NE ... SALINE, NE ... SEWARD, NE

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Seward County Emergency Management - Nebraska
322 S 14th St
Seward, NE 68434

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 402-643-4722

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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