⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Perkins; Lincoln; Chase; Hayes – Thursday, August 27, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 27 at 9:38PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 938 PM CDT/838 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles south of Elsie to
15 miles north of Palisade to 6 miles southeast of Hayes Center.
Movement was southwest 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…
Imperial, Hayes Center, Wauneta, Enders, Enders Reservoir State
Recreation Area, Champion, Hamlet, Center Dam Campground, Area A
Campground, and Church Grove Campground.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 61 between mile markers 25 and 43.
Highway 6 between mile markers 23 and 56.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

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