⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Eastern Cherry; Brown; Rock; Holt; Thomas; Blaine; Loup; Garfield – Thursday, August 13, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 13 at 1:13AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 113 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ainsworth to 9 miles northwest of Rose to
8 miles northeast of Brewster. Movement was east 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…
Ainsworth, Bassett, Atkinson, Stuart, Long Pine, Newport, Johnstown,
Purdum, Rose, Amelia, Elsmere, Hofeld Lake, Fox Bayou, Raven, Hawley
Flats, Twin Lakes State Wildlife Management Area, Willow Lake State
Wildlife Management Area, Carson Lake, Duff, and Sunfish Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 135 and 191.
Highway 20 between mile markers 223 and 296.
Highway 83 between mile markers 185 and 192.
Highway 7 between mile markers 2 and 57.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
north central Nebraska.

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