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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
453 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2026
NEZ002-095-172330-
DAWES NE-NORTH SIOUX NE-
453 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL DAWES AND NORTHEASTERN
SIOUX COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM MDT...
AT 453 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WHITNEY LAKE, OR 19 MILES WEST OF CHADRON, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
CHADRON, CRAWFORD, WHITNEY, ROBERTS TRAILHEAD CAMPGROUND, WHITNEY
LAKE, SOLDIER CREEK CAMPGROUND, RED CLOUD CAMPGROUND, FORT ROBINSON
STATE PARK, CHADRON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CHADRON STATE PARK, BELMONT,
DAWES COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, AND CHADRON STATE PARK CAMPGROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4248 10333 4278 10360 4300 10352 4300 10336
4274 10277 4272 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 302DEG 36KT 4282 10339
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
BRAUER
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