Special Weather Statement

At 719 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Antioch to 9 miles west of Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge to 6 miles north of Colton. Movement was east at 30 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... Chappell, Oshkosh, Ellsworth, Lewellen, Lisco, Antioch, Barton, Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Dogtown Flats, Deer Lake, Britton Lake, Richardson Lake, Miles Lake, Mumper, Wickson Lake, Mount Vernon, Bourquim Hill, Herman Lake, Adams Flats, and Krause Lake.

This includes the following highways... Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 11. Highway 2 between mile markers 96 and 132. Highway 92 between mile markers 115 and 118. Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 78 and 84, and between mile markers 95 and 103.