⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Eastern Cherry; Brown; Western Cherry – Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 4 at 1:16AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 116 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles southeast of Valentine National
Wildlife Refuge to near Brownlee. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Nickel size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include…
Elsmere, Brownlee, Moon Lake, Willow Lake State Wildlife Management
Area, Long Lake State Wildlife Management Area, Highway 83 crossing
Goose Creek, and Highway 83 crossing the North Loup River.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 164 and 179.

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.