⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Garden; Grant; Arthur; Deuel; Keith – Sunday, August 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 9 at 7:56PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 755 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 15 miles east of Crescent Lake National
Wildlife Refuge to 8 miles northeast of Oshkosh to 9 miles south of
Lisco. Movement was southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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…
Oshkosh, Arthur, Lewellen, Lemoyne, Dogtown Flats, Deer Lake, Britton
Lake, Bourquim Hill, Adams Flats, Sugar Loaf Hill, Eagle Gulch
Campground, Ruthon, Haythorn Lake, Clear Creek State Wildlife
Management Area, McKeag, Otter Creek Campground, Lake View
Campground, and Ash Hollow State Historical Park.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 98 and 136.
Highway 92 between mile markers 115 and 174.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in North Platte.

If on or near Lake McConaughy, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight MDT for
the Panhandle of, southwestern and west central Nebraska.

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