⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Eastern Cherry; Brown; Thomas; Blaine; Custer – Friday, August 21, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 4:15AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 415 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles north of Thedford to near Purdum to
near Dunning. Movement was east at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 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.

Locations impacted include…
Brewster, Dunning, Victoria Springs State Recreation Area, Elsmere,
Purdum, Lillian, Milburn, Milburn Diversion Dam State Wildlife
Management Area, Linscott, Koshopah, and Hawley Flats.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 2 between mile markers 229 and 255.
Highway 83 between mile markers 157 and 164.
Highway 7 between mile markers 0 and 6.

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.