⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Garden; Arthur; McPherson; Keith – Saturday, August 29, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 29 at 7:49PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 749 PM CDT/649 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 10 miles north of Lewellen, or 14 miles east of Oshkosh,
moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Arthur,
western Keith, southeastern Garden and southwestern McPherson
Counties, including the following locations… Eagle Gulch
Campground, Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Ruthon, Belmar, Clear
Creek State Wildlife Management Area, Bucktail Lake, McKeag, Otter
Creek Campground, and Lake View Campground.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 89 and 119.
Highway 92 between mile markers 115 and 138.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 126 and 131.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If on or near Lake McConaughy, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

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