809  
WWUS83 KLBF 170037  
SPSLBF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
737 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
NEZ069-070-170100-  
CHASE NE-HAYES NE-  
737 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHASE AND WESTERN HAYES COUNTIES  
THROUGH 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...  
 
AT 736 PM CDT/636 PM MDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF  
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ENDERS, OR 9 MILES EAST OF IMPERIAL, MOVING  
NORTH AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
IMPERIAL, WAUNETA, ENDERS, ENDERS RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA,  
CHAMPION, CRETE, CHASE, HAMLET, CENTER DAM CAMPGROUND, WANAMAKER  
STATE WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AREA, AREA A CAMPGROUND, AND CHURCH GROVE  
CAMPGROUND.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 51.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT/1000  
PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4035 10191 4067 10193 4068 10123 4035 10121  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 181DEG 25KT 4046 10147  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 

 
 
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