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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
646 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

NEZ059-070-071-040030-
Frontier NE-Hayes NE-Lincoln NE-
646 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN FRONTIER...SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN AND HAYES COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT...

At 646 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 13 miles south of Dickens to Hayes Center to 6
miles southeast of Wauneta. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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...
Curtis, Hayes Center, Stockville, Maywood, Hamlet, Quick, Willow View
Campground, Freedom, Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area,
Marengo, Bluegill Haven Campground, Red Willow Reservoir State
Recreation Area, and Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 27 and 49.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southwestern Nebraska.

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LAT...LON 4042 10134 4070 10107 4070 10091 4062 10024
      4035 10033 4035 10134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 297DEG 25KT 4064 10094 4052 10103 4034 10130

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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