Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
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226 WWUS83 KLBF 172111 SPSLBF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 311 PM MDT Wed Jul 17 2024 NEZ057-058-172200- Perkins NE-Keith NE- 311 PM MDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL PERKINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KEITH COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM MDT... At 310 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Kingsley Dam, or near Ogallala, moving south at 20 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... Ogallala, Keystone, Roscoe, Kingsley Dam, and Wild Horse Spring. This includes the following highways... Highway 61 between mile markers 69 and 99. Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 122 and 136. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. If on or near Lake McConaughy, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 4124 10182 4127 10159 4090 10144 4085 10179 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 350DEG 17KT 4118 10169 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$