⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Smith; Jewell; Sherman; Howard; Merrick; Dawson; Buffalo; Hall; Hamilton; Kearney; Adams; Clay; Franklin; Webster; Nuckolls – Friday, August 14, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 14 at 1:25AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

At 125 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Miller to near Heartwell to 9 miles south of
Inavale. Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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.

Strong thunderstorms will be near…
Gibbon, Red Cloud, Kenesaw, Bladen, Holstein, and Inavale around
130 AM CDT.
Shelton, Pleasanton, Roseland, and Prosser around 135 AM CDT.
Blue Hill, Juniata, and Cowles around 140 AM CDT.
Hastings, Wood River, Ayr, and Poole around 145 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Ravenna,
Litchfield, Hazard, Rosemont, Doniphan, Hansen, Alda, Lawrence, Grand
Island, Cairo, Glenvil, Trumbull, Rockville and Boelus.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 264 and 327.

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.