WUUS53 KLBF 192248 SVRLBF NEC031-075-091-192330- /O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0224.240719T2248Z-240719T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service North Platte NE 448 PM MDT Fri Jul 19 2024 The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Cherry County in north central Nebraska... Eastern Grant County in west central Nebraska... Western Hooker County in west central Nebraska... * Until 530 PM MDT. * At 447 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northeast of Whitman, or 20 miles northwest of Mullen, moving south at 30 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. * Locations impacted include... Whitman, Carr Lake, Hire, Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the Middle Loup River, Pratt Lake, Spring Valley Lake, Hecla, and Weir. This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 155 and 175. 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 4226 10149 4223 10121 4179 10122 4183 10171 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 016DEG 25KT 4217 10140 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$