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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
741 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024

NEC031-075-091-171-210115-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-240621T0115Z/
Cherry NE-Grant NE-Hooker NE-Thomas NE-
741 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM
CDT/715 PM MDT/ FOR WESTERN CHERRY...NORTHEASTERN GRANT...NORTHERN
HOOKER AND NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES...

At 740 PM CDT/640 PM MDT/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from near Merritt Reservoir to near Whitman, moving
east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Mullen, Seneca, Whitman, Merritt Reservoir, Highway 97 crossing the
North Loup River, Speckel Meir Lake, Steer Creek Campground, Duluth,
Schoolhouse Lake, Marsh Flat, Anderson Bridge State Wildlife
Management Area, Round Lake, Hire, Whitman Road crossing the North
Branch of the Middle Loup River, Giant Hill, Highway 97 crossing Big
Creek, Sevenmile Hill, Hecla, Kelso, and Weir.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 2 between mile markers 151 and 200.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 63 and 122.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4286 10082 4198 10075 4199 10167 4232 10167
      4284 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 268DEG 37KT 4260 10094 4205 10150

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Roberg