⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sheridan; Garden; Grant; Hooker; Western Cherry – Friday, August 21, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 6:54AM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 654 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ellsworth to near Whitman. Movement was
southeast at 45 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…
Mullen, Ellsworth, Hyannis, Whitman, Ashby, Speckel Meir Lake,
Duluth, Big Hill, Dipping Vat Meadow, Billys Lake, Swede Lake, Cogill
Lake, Intersection of Highway 61 and Survey Valley Road, Whitman Road
crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River, Pratt Lake,
Sevenmile Hill, Kelso, Shimmons Lake, Carr Lake, and Watson Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 250 between mile markers 4 and 18.
Highway 2 between mile markers 115 and 189.
Highway 61 between mile markers 139 and 196.
Highway 97 between mile markers 47 and 72.

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.