⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Arthur; McPherson; Logan; Custer; Keith; Perkins; Lincoln – Friday, August 21, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 9:26AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 925 AM CDT/825 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking outflow winds
ahead of showers along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of
Stapleton to 7 miles southwest of Ringgold to 15 miles north of
Sutherland to 7 miles northeast of Keystone to Lemoyne. Movement was
southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
North Platte, Ogallala, Grant, Stapleton, Tryon, Sutherland, Hershey,
Paxton, Brady, Wallace, Maxwell, Madrid, Elsie, Gandy, Keystone, Lake
Maloney State Recreation Area, Kingsley Dam, Sarben, Ringgold, and
Lemoyne.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 61 and 109.
Highway 92 between mile markers 125 and 138, and between mile
markers 203 and 245.
Highway 97 between mile markers 1 and 26.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 119 and 201.
Highway 83 between mile markers 66 and 121.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Winds will likely precede any rainfall and can impact a location
with little to no warning. Be prepared for a rapid increase in winds.

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