⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Garden; Deuel; Keith; Perkins – Thursday, July 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 9 at 6:47PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 647 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 12 miles northwest of Barton to near Chappell
to 7 miles north of Sixteen-Mile Corner. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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…
Chappell, Big Springs, Barton, Brandon, Goldeneye State Wildlife
Management Area, and Megeath.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 87 and
116.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 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.