391  
WWUS83 KLBF 170101  
SPSLBF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
801 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
NEZ059-071-170130-  
FRONTIER NE-LINCOLN NE-  
801 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL FRONTIER AND  
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM CDT...  
 
AT 801 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
MOOREFIELD, OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS, MOVING NORTH AT 40 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...  
BRADY, MOOREFIELD, JEFFREY CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA,  
COTTONWOOD CANYON STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, AND VROMAN.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 195 AND  
208.  
 
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 FOR  
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4103 10055 4103 10023 4085 10022 4065 10024  
4065 10050  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 181DEG 37KT 4074 10039  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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