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Seward County Emergency Management - Nebraska
Wednesday August 19th, 2026 :: 01:36 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:30PM

SVROAX The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska... Eastern Seward County in southeastern Nebraska... Southeastern Butler County in east central Nebraska... Southwestern Saunders County in east central Nebraska...

* Until 230 PM CDT.

* At 135 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 2 miles northeast of Ulysses to 2 miles north of Seward to 5 miles southeast of Goehner, moving east 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... Seward, Milford, Garland, Dwight, and Bee around 140 PM CDT. Malcolm and Pleasant Dale around 150 PM CDT. Emerald around 155 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Lincoln, Raymond, Lincoln Airport, Pioneers Park, Davey, Roca, Holmes Lake Park and Walton. This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 377 and 409.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUTLER, NE ... LANCASTER, NE ... SAUNDERS, 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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