Live incident briefing · Regional smoke
Smoke episode near Perkins — 2026-08-30
Official alert context, independent measured reporting areas, satellite plume coverage, modeled movement, affected places, and source history.
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Official information and local resources
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in North Platte.
NWS North Platte NE · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
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What the latest evidence says
The Special Weather Statement has Moderate severity and is Expected. This statement concerns Perkins, Lincoln, Chase, Hayes.
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At 1113 PM CDT/1013 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Champion to near Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Imperial, Wauneta, Wallace, Elsie, Dickens, Enders, Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area, Champion, Chase, Grainton, Center Dam Campground, Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area, Marengo, Wanamaker State Wildfire Management Area, Area A Campground, and Church Grove Campground. This includes the following highways... Highway 61 between mile markers 25 and 57. Highway 6 between mile markers 11 and 45.
NWS North Platte NE · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
Satellite observation · smoke aloft
NOAA HMS smoke plume context
Light smoke density overlaps the stored incident center in the 2026-08-29 analysis. Satellite-observed smoke aloft is not a ground-level air-quality measurement.
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Current incident picture
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- Affected areas
- Perkins, Lincoln, Chase, Hayes National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
- County count
- 0 counties National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
- Official alert
- Special Weather Statement National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
- Severity
- Moderate National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
- Urgency
- Expected National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
- Warning count
- 1 warnings National Weather Service · source Aug 30, 2026, 4:14 AM
- Represented population
- 0 people U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census · source Apr 1, 2020, 12:00 AM
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Incident area and nearby places
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Perkins; Lincoln; Chase; Hayes
Source center: 40.730, -101.299. A point or perimeter is context, not a safety boundary.
- Perkins
- Lincoln
- Chase
- Hayes
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