⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Buffalo; Hall; Phelps; Kearney; Harlan; Franklin – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 12:10AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

Details

At 1209 AM CDT, automated weather stations reported gusty showers
along a line extending from near Ravenna to 7 miles north of Funk to
near Huntley. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Automated Weather Stations.

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

Locations impacted include…
Kearney, Holdrege, Minden, Gibbon, Ravenna, Alma, Shelton, Franklin,
Elm Creek, Axtell, Odessa, Orleans, Hildreth, Wilcox, Campbell,
Pleasanton, Amherst, Funk, Riverdale, and Republican City.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 255 and 292.

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.