⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Blaine; Loup; Garfield; Custer – Thursday, July 30, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 30 at 7:09PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 709 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area to
9 miles west of Sargent to 6 miles southwest of Anselmo. Movement was
southeast at 50 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…
Broken Bow, Burwell, Taylor, Sargent, Ansley, Merna, Mason City,
Anselmo, Comstock, Berwyn, Victoria Springs State Recreation Area,
Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area, Weissert, Westerville,
Lillian, Milburn, Milburn Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management
Area, Walworth, Virginia Smith Dam, and Kent Diversion Dam State
Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 82 and 145.
Highway 2 between mile markers 243 and 304.
Highway 92 between mile markers 268 and 308.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central and north central Nebraska.

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