THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 265 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA CUSTER IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BLAINE THOMAS IN PANHANDLE NEBRASKA DEUEL GARDEN IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA CHASE FRONTIER HAYES KEITH LINCOLN PERKINS IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ARTHUR GRANT HOOKER LOGAN MCPHERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARTHUR, BIG SPRINGS, BREWSTER, BROKEN BOW, CHAMPION, CHAPPELL, CURTIS, DUNNING, ENDERS, EUSTIS, GRANT, HALSEY, HAYES CENTER, HYANNIS, IMPERIAL, LEWELLEN, MAYWOOD, MULLEN, NORTH PLATTE, OGALLALA, OSHKOSH, PAXTON, PURDUM, RINGGOLD, STAPLETON, THEDFORD, TRYON, AND WAUNETA.