⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Garden; Deuel; Keith – Monday, August 17, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 17 at 5:45PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 545 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lewellen, or 13 miles north of Big Springs, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 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…
Lewellen, Lemoyne, Eagle Gulch Campground, Ash Hollow State
Historical Park, Ruthon, Belmar, Clear Creek State Wildlife
Management Area, Windlass Hill, Otter Creek Campground, and Lake View
Campground.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 102 and 105.
Highway 92 between mile markers 115 and 136.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 120 and 122.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of and southwestern Nebraska.

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