⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Custer – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 18 at 4:45AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 444 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles east of Oconto, or 16 miles south of Broken Bow, moving east at
25 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Mason City, Buckeye, Block Hill Basin, Burr Oak, Gavin Siding,
Intersection of Highway 183 and Cumro Road, and Cumro.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 73 and 86.
Highway 2 between mile markers 299 and 307.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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