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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1250 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 /1150 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013/

...SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPED IN WESTERN NEBRASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN
SANDHILLS DURING THE EVENING. A NUMBER OF WWARNINGS WERE ISSUED...
INCLUDING OE TORNADO WARNING. HOWEVER...THE STORMS CROSSED
SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS AND REPORTS WERE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN.
HAIL SIZES OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER WERE
REPORTED.

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A SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOLLOWS

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0411 PM     HAIL             15 S HAY SPRINGS        42.47N 102.69W
05/17/2013  E1.75 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

            MOST HAIL STONES ARE HALF DOLLAR SIZE WITH A FEW STONES
            GOLF BALL SIZE. WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH.

0552 PM     HAIL             8 N ANTIOCH             42.18N 102.62W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ESTIMATED TIME OF
            552CDT.

0712 PM     HAIL             12 N ELLSWORTH          42.23N 102.29W
05/17/2013  E1.75 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

            MOST HAIL STONES ARE AROUND QUARTER SIZE WITH THE LARGEST
            STONES BEING GOLF BALL SIZE.

0745 PM     HAIL             2 E LAKESIDE            42.06N 102.42W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

0800 PM     HAIL             ELLSWORTH               42.06N 102.29W
05/17/2013  E1.25 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOST STONES WERE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE.

0800 PM     HAIL             3 N ELLSWORTH           42.10N 102.29W
05/17/2013  M1.50 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   STORM CHASER

            QUARTER TO PING PONG SIZE HAIL WAS SHOWN BY A PICTURE.

0810 PM     HAIL             6 NE LISCO              41.56N 102.54W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       GARDEN             NE   PUBLIC

0820 PM     HAIL             7 NW BINGHAM            42.09N 102.16W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

0824 PM     HAIL             13 NNW BINGHAM          42.19N 102.16W
05/17/2013  E1.50 INCH       SHERIDAN           NE   PUBLIC

0943 PM     HAIL             20 NE ELLSWORTH         42.26N 102.01W
05/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       CHERRY             NE   PUBLIC

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND WITH THE
            LARGEST STONES BEING QUARTER SIZE.

1037 PM     HAIL             4 ESE ASHBY             42.00N 101.86W
05/17/2013  E1.50 INCH       GRANT              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

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