⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Eastern Cherry; Brown; Thomas; Blaine; Loup; Custer – Thursday, August 20, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 20 at 5:03PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 503 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 13 miles north of Brewster to near Purdum.
Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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…
Brewster, Dunning, Halsey, Purdum, Almeria Meadow State Wildlife
Management Area, Koshopah, and Hawley Flats.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 2 between mile markers 224 and 245.
Highway 7 between mile markers 0 and 20.

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.