⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sheridan; Garden; Grant; Hooker; Western Cherry – Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 25 at 1:55AM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 155 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 16 miles southwest of Merriman to 21 miles
north of Whitman to 6 miles southeast of Hyannis. Movement was east
at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea 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…
Rushville, Ellsworth, Hyannis, Medicine Lake, Whitman, Ashby,
Clinton, Speckel Meir Lake, Duluth, Big Hill, Dipping Vat Meadow,
Billys Lake, Lone Butte, Swede Lake, Cogill Lake, Intersection of
Highway 61 and Survey Valley Road, Rock Hill, Diamond Lake, Indian
Hill, and Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup
River.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 20 between mile markers 89 and 101.
Highway 250 between mile markers 8 and 48.
Highway 2 between mile markers 117 and 178.
Highway 61 between mile markers 140 and 216.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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