August 26, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Frontier – Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Frontier
Effective 8/26/2026, 3:34:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/26/2026, 4:15:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 3:34PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 334 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Wellfleet, or 10 miles west of Curtis, moving
southeast at 10 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central
Frontier County.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 37 and 46.

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.