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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Thu 08/13/2026 01:59 AM EDT

End Time

Thu 08/13/2026 02:45 AM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

3 mi S of Mason City, NE

Storm Motion

Moving E at 41 mph

Impacts

High impact

Thunderstorm damage threatconsiderable
Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size<.75 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust70 mph

Locations Affected

Mason City, NE

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service North Platte NE 1259 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026 The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Custer County in central Nebraska... * Until 145 AM CDT. * At 1259 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mason City, or 24 miles southeast of Broken Bow, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Mason City, Block Hill Basin, Gavin Siding, and Intersection of Highway 183 and Cumro Road. This includes the following highways... Highway 183 between mile markers 73 and 88. Highway 2 between mile markers 296 and 307. Highway 92 between mile markers 300 and 308. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4105 9945 4127 9945 4130 9920 4105 9921 TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 276DEG 36KT 4118 9928 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH