Weather alerts in Hayes County, Nebraska, 2026

181 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Hayes County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 181
Warnings: 55
Watches: 38
Advisories: 14
Busiest month: June36 alerts
Busiest day: July 3, 20269 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Hayes County, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	23	10	57%	4	100%	22 min
Flash flood warnings	1	0	100%	0

Each office's whole area, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS North Platte, NE: tornado warnings	12	0	100%	4	0%
NWS North Platte, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings	456	221	52%	406	88%	26 min
NWS North Platte, NE: flash flood warnings	5	1	80%	1	100%	84 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 14, 2:01 AM CST	High Wind Watch	LBF	33 hr
Jan 15, 2:06 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	10 hr
Jan 15, 11:25 AM CST	High Wind Warning	LBF	31 hr
Jan 15, 11:36 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	LBF	30 hr
Jan 16, 2:01 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	LBF	28 hr
Jan 22, 2:53 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LBF	57 hr
Jan 24, 9:47 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LBF	14 hr
Jan 25, 1:52 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LBF	31 hr
Feb 7, 1:53 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	LBF	16 hr
Feb 13, 12:40 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	24 hr
Feb 14, 12:49 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	LBF	29 hr
Feb 15, 10:36 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	13 hr
Feb 16, 11:26 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	LBF	35 hr
Feb 24, 1:12 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	12 hr
Feb 25, 12:43 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	LBF	17 hr
Feb 25, 1:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Feb 25, 2:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	41 min
Mar 2, 10:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LBF	11 hr
Mar 3, 11:17 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LBF	11 hr
Mar 8, 12:56 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	12 hr
Mar 8, 2:11 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	30 hr
Mar 10, 2:20 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	21 hr
Mar 11, 11:49 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	40 hr
Mar 13, 11:40 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	33 hr
Mar 13, 11:52 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	LBF	23 hr
Mar 14, 11:21 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	LBF	32 hr
Mar 16, 12:30 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	33 hr
Mar 17, 2:08 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	12 hr
Mar 17, 2:06 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	30 hr
Mar 19, 3:08 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	29 hr
Mar 20, 8:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	44 hr
Mar 23, 2:04 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	18 hr
Mar 24, 8:21 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	51 hr
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	18 hr
Mar 27, 7:52 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	37 hr
Mar 29, 1:07 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	19 hr
Mar 29, 12:50 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	42 hr
Apr 2, 10:57 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	21 hr
Apr 10, 2:16 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	24 hr
Apr 14, 12:15 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	23 hr
Apr 15, 11:44 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	36 hr
Apr 15, 12:27 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	LBF	46 hr
Apr 17, 10:19 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	LBF	23 hr
Apr 17, 11:58 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	32 hr
Apr 21, 2:31 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	11 hr
Apr 21, 1:36 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	34 hr
Apr 22, 12:50 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	31 hr
Apr 22, 2:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Apr 24, 6:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Apr 28, 11:27 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LBF	11 hr
May 1, 1:16 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	LBF	19 hr
May 5, 12:51 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	LBF	42 hr
May 10, 12:57 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	11 hr
May 10, 12:24 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	34 hr
May 12, 12:58 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	8 hr
May 12, 9:24 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	48 hr
May 14, 3:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 15, 12:27 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	7 hr
May 16, 2:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
May 16, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 16, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	45 min
May 16, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	38 min
May 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
May 16, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	40 min
May 18, 1:07 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	LBF	19 hr
May 23, 1:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
May 25, 5:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 29, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	39 min
May 29, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	49 min
May 30, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
May 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	39 min
May 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	38 min
May 30, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	50 min
May 30, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LBF	50 min
May 30, 7:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 1, 7:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 1, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	50 min
Jun 8, 4:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 8, 7:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 8, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 8, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	49 min
Jun 8, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	65 min
Jun 8, 10:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 9, 3:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 9, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 15, 10:47 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LBF	24 hr
Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	22 hr
Jun 20, 2:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 20, 2:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 21, 12:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 21, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 21, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	16 min
Jun 21, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	65 min
Jun 21, 6:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 23, 5:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 23, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	36 min
Jun 23, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	50 min
Jun 23, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	15 min
Jun 23, 9:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	3 hr
Jun 23, 9:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	38 min
Jun 23, 11:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Jun 23, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	29 min
Jun 24, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 24, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	39 min
Jun 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	47 min
Jun 24, 8:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 24, 11:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 30, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 2, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	63 min
Jul 2, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	33 min
Jul 2, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	42 min
Jul 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	49 min
Jul 2, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	50 min
Jul 2, 10:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	8 hr
Jul 3, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	56 min
Jul 3, 2:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 3, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	63 min
Jul 3, 9:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jul 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jul 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 8, 7:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jul 9, 8:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jul 9, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	48 min
Jul 17, 12:06 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LBF	3 days
Jul 23, 11:49 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LBF	4 days
Jul 27, 2:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 27, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	43 min
Jul 27, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	46 min
Jul 27, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	43 min
Jul 27, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	49 min
Jul 27, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	4 hr
Jul 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	43 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	46 min
Jul 30, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 30, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	37 min
Aug 1, 12:43 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	34 hr
Aug 3, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	35 min
Aug 5, 11:54 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LBF	10 hr
Aug 9, 5:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 9, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 9, 8:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 9, 10:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 10, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 10, 7:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Aug 12, 7:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Aug 12, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 13, 8:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Aug 14, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	54 min
Aug 15, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	66 min
Aug 15, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	66 min
Aug 15, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	38 min
Aug 20, 7:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Aug 21, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Aug 24, 2:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 24, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 24, 6:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Aug 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Aug 27, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 27, 7:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Aug 27, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	65 min
Aug 27, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	52 min
Aug 27, 9:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Aug 29, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	67 min
Aug 29, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	61 min
Aug 31, 6:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Sep 1, 5:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Sep 5, 3:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Sep 5, 11:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 7, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Sep 16, 11:32 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LBF	10 hr
Sep 17, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	33 min
Sep 17, 5:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Sep 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	44 min
Sep 18, 4:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LBF	15 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	23
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	16
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	50
Special Weather Statement	24
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	1
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Heat
Heat Advisory	2
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Freeze Watch	1
Cold Weather Advisory	3
Frost Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	26
Fire Weather Watch	16
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2025

Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.