⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sheridan; Garden – Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 7 at 5:06PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 506 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Antioch to 6 miles
northwest of Lisco. Movement was northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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…
Ellsworth, Lisco, Antioch, Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge,
Patterson Lake, Kennedy Lake, Snow Lake, Richardson Lake, Miles Lake,
Mumper, Wickson Lake, Lakeside, Herman Lake, Sugar Loaf Hill, and
Tralnor Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 13.
Highway 2 between mile markers 96 and 120.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of Nebraska.

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