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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
709 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2026  
 
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SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-  
HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-  
CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-  
WESTERN CHERRY-  
709 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2026 /609 PM MDT FRI MAY 15 2026/  
 
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH  
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
   
DAY ONE
 
TONIGHT.  
 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  
   
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
 
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2 OF 5) FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS IN PLACE FOR MUCH  
OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY. AN ENHANCED RISK  
(LEVEL 3 OF 5) NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE CONCERN IS  
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING AS EARLY AS EARLY  
AFTERNOON, CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, AND A  
TORNADO OR TWO. BY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING, MORE  
SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE IN FROM  
NORTHEAST COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE  
PRIMARY CONCERN LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
 
ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY AS A  
COLD FRONT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN IS NEAR  
AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. VERY LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, AND  
EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE.  
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
 

 
 
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