⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Loup; Garfield; Wheeler; Custer – Monday, August 17, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 17 at 11:43PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 1143 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles northwest of Bartlett to Elyria to near
Comstock. Movement was southeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Burwell, Sargent, Bartlett, Comstock, Ericson, Virginia Smith Dam,
Arcadia Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area, Wescott, Kent
Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area, Pibel Lake State
Recreation Area, Big Oak Canyon, Deverre, Divide Hill, and Gables.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 109 and 121.
Highway 281 between mile markers 132 and 145.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central and north central Nebraska.

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