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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
209 PM MDT Wed Apr 22 2026

NEZ023-024-094-222100-
Hooker NE-Grant NE-Western Cherry NE-
209 PM MDT Wed Apr 22 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CHERRY...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND NORTHWESTERN HOOKER COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM
MDT...

At 207 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Whitman, or 25 miles west of Mullen, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Whitman, Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup
River, Speckel Meir Lake, Duluth, Sevenmile Hill, and Hire.

This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 152 and 167.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Occasional lightning is occurring with this storm. With little
accompanying rainfall, rangeland fire starts due to lightning
strikes are possible.

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LAT...LON 4194 10146 4202 10168 4253 10142 4241 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 205DEG 30KT 4205 10153

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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