139  
WWUS83 KLBF 230347  
SPSLBF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
947 PM MDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
NEZ023-024-094-230430-  
HOOKER NE-GRANT NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE-  
947 PM MDT WED APR 22 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY
 
GRANT AND  
WESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM MDT...  
 
AT 946 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF WHITMAN TO NEAR HYANNIS TO 15  
MILES NORTHWEST OF ARTHUR. 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...  
HYANNIS, WHITMAN, CARR LAKE, DULUTH, COGILL LAKE, EAST CODY LAKE,  
GREEN LAKE, HIRE, WHITMAN ROAD CROSSING THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE  
MIDDLE LOUP RIVER, PRATT LAKE, SPRING VALLEY LAKE, HECLA, AND WEIR.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 179.  
HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 177.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4224 10112 4195 10115 4175 10127 4175 10195  
4225 10178  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 274DEG 30KT 4222 10162 4200 10170 4177 10185  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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