⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Garden; Deuel; Keith – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 1:31AM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 131 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Big Springs, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Ogallala, Big Springs, Brule, Lemoyne, Keystone, Roscoe, Kingsley
Dam, Eagle Gulch Campground, Ruthon, Clear Creek State Wildlife
Management Area, Megeath, Broganville, Otter Creek Campground, Lake
View Campground, Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Belmar, Goldeneye
State Wildlife Management Area, and Windlass Hill.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 85 and 109.
Highway 92 between mile markers 116 and 138.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 104 and 130.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM MDT for
southwestern Nebraska.

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