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WWUS83 KLBF 140230
SPSLBF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
930 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2025
NEZ005-006-008-094-140315-
BROWN NE-EASTERN CHERRY NE-KEYA PAHA NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE-
930 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHERRY
NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND WESTERN KEYA PAHA COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM
CDT...
AT 930 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LITTLEBURG TO NEAR MERRITT RESERVOIR.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
VALENTINE, NORDEN, VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, MERRITT
RESERVOIR, WOOD LAKE, SMITH FALLS STATE PARK, SCHLAGEL CREEK STATE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, HIGHWAY 97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER,
NORTH RIVER TRAIL, SPARKS, AND BIG ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 231.
HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 141.
HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 222.
HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 39.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4298 9982 4245 10015 4256 10097 4300 10058
4300 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 272DEG 23KT 4301 10049 4262 10083
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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