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WWUS85 KCYS 032228  
SPSCYS  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
428 PM MDT SUN MAY 3 2026  
 
NEZ002-095-032300-  
DAWES NE-NORTH SIOUX NE-  
428 PM MDT SUN MAY 3 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DAWES AND EAST CENTRAL SIOUX  
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM MDT...  
 
AT 428 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF  
CHADRON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO NEAR WHITNEY TO NEAR CRAWFORD. MOVEMENT  
WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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...  
CHADRON, CRAWFORD, WHITNEY, ROBERTS TRAILHEAD CAMPGROUND, CHADRON  
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CHADRON STATE PARK, WHITNEY LAKE, SOLDIER CREEK  
CAMPGROUND, RED CLOUD CAMPGROUND, FORT ROBINSON STATE PARK, DAWES  
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, AND CHADRON STATE PARK CAMPGROUND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4262 10352 4300 10338 4300 10279 4279 10279  
4278 10277 4274 10277 4248 10278  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 278DEG 41KT 4299 10322 4283 10321 4264 10339  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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