⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Boyd; Holt – Sunday, July 26, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 26 at 7:11PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 710 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Butte, or near Spencer, moving northeast at 10 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…
Spencer, Butte, Gross, Bristow, Anoka, Parshall Bridge State Wildlife
Management Area, Hull Lake State Wildlife Management Area, and
Anncar.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 281 between mile markers 210 and 223.
Highway 12 near mile marker 106, and between mile markers 109 and
130.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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