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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Rooks – Saturday, August 15, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Rooks
Effective 8/15/2026, 11:50:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/16/2026, 12:30:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 15 at 11:50PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

At 1150 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Voda to near Cedar
Bluff. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Palco and Damar.

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.