Expires:202409180330;Remove:202409180330;773654 WWUS83 KLBF 180241 SPSLBF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 941 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 NEZ005-024-025-036>038-059-180330- Hooker NE-Eastern Cherry NE-Custer NE-McPherson NE-Thomas NE- Lincoln NE-Logan NE- 941 PM CDT Tue Sep 17 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY... SOUTHEASTERN HOOKER...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...LOGAN...MCPHERSON...WEST CENTRAL CUSTER AND THOMAS COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT/930 PM MDT/... At 940 PM CDT/840 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 13 miles south of Mullen to near Tryon to 7 miles north of North Platte. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Stapleton, Thedford, Tryon, Arnold, Gandy, Ringgold, Logan, Highway 83 crossing The Dismal River, Tarboz Lake, Shanklin Bluff, Hoagland, Brown Lake, Norway, Highway 97 crossing the Dismal River, Natwick, and Shimmons Lake. This includes the following highways... Highway 2 between mile markers 196 and 224. Highway 92 between mile markers 194 and 250. Highway 97 between mile markers 4 and 58. Highway 83 between mile markers 94 and 164. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/ for southwestern, north central and west central Nebraska. && LAT...LON 4225 10042 4139 10016 4119 10092 4179 10131 TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 233DEG 36KT 4186 10098 4162 10088 4124 10079 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH $$ Brown