⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Dawes, NE – Saturday, August 29, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 29 at 5:00PM MDT until August 29 at 5:30PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

SVRCYS

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Dawes County in the Panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 459 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Slim Butte to near Red Cloud
Campground, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…ASOS. At 453 PM MDT the Chadron Airport station measured
a 67 MPH wind gust.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Chadron, Chadron Municipal Airport, Red Cloud Campground, Chadron
State Park, Dawes County Fairgrounds, and Chadron State Park
Campground.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.