Event: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Sender Name: NWS North Platte NE
Issued: 2013-07-24T18:09:33-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T18:45:00-06:00
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN KEITH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA…
NORTH CENTRAL PERKINS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 606 PM MDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGALLALA…
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD…70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

WIND GUST TO 66 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE OGALLALA AIRPORT.

IMPACT…EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES…ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL PERKINS AND SOUTHEASTERN KEITH COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 142.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 96.
Instruction: FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING.
DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Keith; Perkins