06/08/2026
CHASE COUNTY ALERT:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 8 at 10:49AM MDT until June 8 at 11:30AM MDT by NWS North Platte NE
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The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Perkins County in southwestern Nebraska...
Eastern Chase County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 1130 AM MDT.
* At 1049 AM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Madrid to near Imperial, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Imperial, Madrid, Elsie, Champion, and Wanamaker State Wildfire
Management Area.
This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 41 and 57.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning
is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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