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WWUS83 KGID 210719
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
219 AM CDT Tue May 21 2024

NEZ041-047>049-062>064-210800-
Merrick NE-Nance NE-Hamilton NE-Howard NE-Hall NE-York NE-Polk NE-
219 AM CDT Tue May 21 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN NANCE...NORTHERN
YORK...HAMILTON...MERRICK...POLK...SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND HALL
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM CDT...

At 218 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wood River to Shelby.
Movement was northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Grand Island, Stromsburg, Osceola, Shelby, Alda, Polk, Chapman,
  Marquette, and Hordville around 225 AM CDT.
  Central City around 230 AM CDT.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 293 and 342.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
south central, central and east central Nebraska.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 9867 4070 9872 4104 9872 4139 9760
      4133 9760 4133 9758 4136 9752 4137 9745
      4139 9737 4088 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0718Z 223DEG 13KT 4085 9855 4121 9740

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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