⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Keith; Perkins; Lincoln; Chase; Hayes; Frontier – Friday, August 14, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 14 at 11:21PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 1121 PM CDT/1021 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of
Lemoyne to near Elsie to near Enders. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Sutherland, Hershey, Paxton, Wallace, Elsie, Dickens, Sarben,
Keystone, Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area, Roscoe,
Kingsley Dam, Grainton, Coker, O’Fallons, Nevens, Broganville, Hayes
Center State Wildlife Management Area, Big Bald Hill, Marengo, and
Somerset.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 92 and 106.
Highway 92 between mile markers 135 and 138.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 130 and 167.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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