⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Dawes; Box Butte – Saturday, August 29, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 29 at 4:57PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 457 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles south of Slim Butte to 11 miles east of
Hemingford. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Chadron, Chadron Municipal Airport, Chadron State Park, Red Cloud
Campground, Box Butte Reservoir, Box Butte Campground, Wild Horse
Butte, Dawes County Fairgrounds, Chadron State Park Campground, and
Box Butte Dam.

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.