036  
WWUS83 KLBF 162352  
SPSLBF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
652 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
NEZ058-059-069-070-170030-  
CHASE NE-HAYES NE-PERKINS NE-LINCOLN NE-  
652 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS
 
 
NORTHEASTERN CHASE...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN HAYES  
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT/630 PM MDT/...  
 
AT 652 PM CDT/552 PM MDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG  
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE, OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF  
HAYES CENTER, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...  
WALLACE AND GRAINTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT/1000  
PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4065 10136 4083 10135 4085 10102 4061 10101  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 270DEG 13KT 4074 10126  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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