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WWUS83 KLBF 112218
SPSLBF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
418 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2025
NEZ022-056>058-112300-
DEUEL NE-PERKINS NE-GARDEN NE-KEITH NE-
418 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PERKINS
WESTERN
KEITH...SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN AND EASTERN DEUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM
MDT...
AT 418 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWELLEN, OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CHAPPELL, MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY 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...
BIG SPRINGS, LEWELLEN, BARTON, ASH HOLLOW STATE HISTORICAL PARK,
EAGLE GULCH CAMPGROUND, RUTHON, CLEAR CREEK STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA, INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND 9 MILE ROAD, GOLDENEYE STATE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, MEGEATH, AND WINDLASS HILL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 124.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 113.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4105 10234 4129 10238 4138 10194 4100 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 267DEG 10KT 4121 10228
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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