420  
WWUS83 KLBF 230328  
SPSLBF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
1028 PM CDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
NEZ005-094-230415-  
EASTERN CHERRY NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE-  
1028 PM CDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY  
THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...  
 
AT 1027 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KILGORE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF NENZEL TO 12  
MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...  
KILGORE, NENZEL, MERRITT RESERVOIR, CROOKSTON, STEER CREEK  
CAMPGROUND, ANDERSON BRIDGE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, HIGHWAY  
97 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER, AND SCHOOLHOUSE LAKE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 194.  
HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 136.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4285 10060 4256 10074 4252 10151 4300 10119  
4300 10062  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 258DEG 32KT 4299 10102 4282 10106 4256 10134  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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