⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Rock; Holt; Loup; Garfield; Wheeler – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 1:54AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 154 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking outflow from thunderstorms
along a line extending from 9 miles southwest of Atkinson to 10
miles west of Amelia to near Calamus Reservoir State Recreation
Area. Movement was east at 50 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
O’Neill, Chambers, Amelia, Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area,
Inman, Emmet, Virginia Smith Dam, Hannamon Bayou Campground, Carson
Lake, Sunfish Lake, Homestead Knolls Campground, Opportunity, Nunda
Shoal Campground, Deverre, Valley View Flat Campground, and Gables.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 183 between mile markers 128 and 135.
Highway 20 between mile markers 291 and 321.
Highway 281 between mile markers 155 and 193.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Persons in campgrounds around Calamus Reservoir should consider
seeking sturdy shelter until these winds subside.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
north central Nebraska.

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