⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Keith – Monday, August 17, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 17 at 6:19PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 619 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ogallala, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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…
Ogallala, Paxton, Keystone, Sarben, Roscoe, Kingsley Dam, Nevens,
Broganville, and Lake View Campground.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 80 and 98.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 121 and 149.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If on or near Lake McCounaughy, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
southwestern Nebraska.

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