WUUS53 KLBF 160018 SVRLBF NEC017-031-160100- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0013.240416T0018Z-240416T0100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service North Platte NE 718 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024 The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Cherry County in north central Nebraska... Northwestern Brown County in north central Nebraska... * Until 800 PM CDT. * At 717 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of Johnstown, or 21 miles southeast of Valentine, moving northwest at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Valentine, Wood Lake, Sparks, and Smith Falls State Park. This includes the following highways... Highway 20 between mile markers 196 and 226. Highway 97 between mile markers 140 and 141. Highway 83 between mile markers 206 and 222. Highway 12 between mile markers 1 and 22. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 4284 10020 4284 10018 4253 10014 4253 10036 4300 10067 4300 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 154DEG 35KT 4260 10032 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ NMJ