070  
WUUS53 KGID 210037  
SVRGID  
NEC047-210115-  
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0273.260821T0037Z-260821T0115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
737 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 736 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST  
OF OCONTO, OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON, MOVING SOUTH AT 35  
MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL IS DEVELOPING  
OVER GOTHENBURG.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF  
DAWSON COUNTY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... FARNAM.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 243.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4104 10022 4105 9981 4070 9959 4070 10022  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 343DEG 32KT 4105 9996  
 
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
THIES  
 
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