⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sheridan; Garden; Deuel – Friday, August 28, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 28 at 7:20PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 719 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Antioch to 9 miles west of Crescent Lake
National Wildlife Refuge to 6 miles north of Colton. Movement was
east at 30 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…
Chappell, Oshkosh, Ellsworth, Lewellen, Lisco, Antioch, Barton,
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Dogtown Flats, Deer Lake,
Britton Lake, Richardson Lake, Miles Lake, Mumper, Wickson Lake,
Mount Vernon, Bourquim Hill, Herman Lake, Adams Flats, and Krause
Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 11.
Highway 2 between mile markers 96 and 132.
Highway 92 between mile markers 115 and 118.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 78 and 84, and
between mile markers 95 and 103.

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.

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