Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Franklin, NE; Kearney, NE; Phelps, NE was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 16:51 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 12 at 11:51AM CDT until September 12 at 12:30PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE SVRGID The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Franklin County in south central Nebraska... Southwestern Kearney County in south central Nebraska... Southeastern Phelps County in south central Nebraska... * Until 1230 PM CDT. * At 1151 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Holdrege, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Holdrege around 1155 AM CDT. Funk around 1200 PM CDT. Wilcox around 1210 PM CDT. Hildreth around 1215 PM CDT. Upland around 1225 PM CDT.

Where this happened

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Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 40.378°, -99.204°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.

Understanding storm events

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Timeline and sources

Official warning

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  1. · received · event time 12 Sep 2026, 16:51 UTC
    First report Official warning

    First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  2. · received
    Also reported Official warning

    One more report from U.S. National Weather Service. Links were not kept for reports merged before 13 September 2026.

    U.S. National Weather Service

Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 2 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.

Conditions at the time

0mm
Rainfall that day
30°C
Maximum temperature
16°C
Minimum temperature
29km/h
Peak wind speed

No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 30°C. Conditions are shown for context only — they do not establish a cause.

Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.