⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Thomas; Blaine; Logan; Custer – Thursday, August 20, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 20 at 5:45PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles south of Brewster to near Dunning to 7
miles southwest of Halsey. Movement was south at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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…
Arnold, Merna, Anselmo, Dunning, Halsey, Victoria Springs State
Recreation Area, Logan, Milburn Diversion Dam State Wildlife
Management Area, Linscott, Tarboz Lake, Pleasant Hill, and Hoagland.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 2 between mile markers 224 and 271.
Highway 92 between mile markers 251 and 273.

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.