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WWUS83 KGID 161144
SPSGID

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
644 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

NEZ048-049-063-064-076-077-086-087-161230-
Merrick NE-Thayer NE-Nuckolls NE-Hamilton NE-Clay NE-York NE-Polk NE-
Fillmore NE-
644 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN
NUCKOLLS...YORK...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...FILLMORE...THAYER...
NORTHEASTERN MERRICK AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 730 AM
CDT...

At 644 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Bradshaw to near Grafton to near Carleton
to near Byron. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
  Geneva, Deshler, Fairmont, Bruning, Bradshaw, Grafton, Carleton,
  Lushton, and Strang around 650 AM CDT.
  York, Hebron, and McCool Junction around 655 AM CDT.
  Chester and Belvidere around 700 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Benedict.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 338 and 359.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for central and
east central Nebraska.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9756 4000 9788 4036 9781 4067 9785
      4097 9796 4131 9773 4131 9771 4135 9770
      4103 9751 4064 9744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 214DEG 20KT 4090 9779 4067 9771 4035 9767 3996
9775

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Wekesser