⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Hayes; Frontier – Thursday, August 27, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 27 at 9:58PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 957 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles southwest of Elwood to near Medicine
Creek Reservoir State Recreation Area to 10 miles southeast of Hayes
Center. Movement was southeast 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…
Curtis, Eustis, Moorefield, Stockville, Medicine Creek Reservoir
State Recreation Area, Maywood, Quick, Willow View Campground,
Freedom, Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area, Marengo,
Orafino, Bluegill Haven Campground, Red Willow Reservoir State
Recreation Area, and Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 27 and 51.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southwestern Nebraska.

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