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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 16 at 2:11AM CDT until April 16 at 2:30AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

At 211 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Funk to near Hildreth to Riverton, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Holdrege, Minden, Franklin, Axtell, Hildreth, Wilcox, Campbell, Funk, Upland, Bloomington, Riverton, Heartwell, Norman, and Ragan.

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Franklin, NE; Harlan, NE; Kearney, NE; Phelps, NE

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 16 at 2:05AM CDT until April 16 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

At 205 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Cozad to near Sumner, moving northwest at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Automated Weather Station. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe storms will be near... Lexington, Cozad, and Sumner around 210 AM CDT. Willow Island around 220 AM CDT. This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 216 and 232.

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Area
Buffalo, NE; Dawson, NE

Tornado Warning

Tornado Warning issued April 16 at 2:02AM CDT until April 16 at 2:30AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

TORGID The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a * Tornado Warning for... North central Smith County in north central Kansas... Southeastern Franklin County in south central Nebraska... Southwestern Webster County in south central Nebraska... * Until 230 AM CDT. * At 202 AM CDT, a tornado producing storm was located 8 miles southwest of Riverton, or 30 miles northeast of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Damaging tornado. SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * This tornadic storm will be near... Riverton around 210 AM CDT.

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Area
Smith, KS; Franklin, NE; Webster, NE

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 16 at 1:56AM CDT until April 16 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

At 156 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Huntley to 8 miles north of Smith Center to near Portis, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Smith Center, Osborne, Alma, Lebanon, Republican City, Gaylord, Naponee, Alton, Portis, Bloomington, Athol, Harlan, Cedar, Bellaire, and Harlan County Dam.

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Area
Osborne, KS; Phillips, KS; Smith, KS; Franklin, NE; Harlan, NE

Flash Flood Warning

Flash Flood Warning issued April 16 at 1:21AM CDT until April 16 at 4:30AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE

FFWOAX The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Cuming County in northeastern Nebraska... Northwestern Thurston County in northeastern Nebraska... Southeastern Wayne County in northeastern Nebraska... * Until 430 AM CDT. * At 121 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Wakefield, Winnebago Reservation and Omaha Reservation.

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Area
Cuming, NE; Thurston, NE; Wayne, NE

High Wind Warning

High Wind Warning issued April 15 at 10:28PM MDT until April 16 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...Banner County, Cheyenne County, Kimball County, Morrill County, and Scotts Bluff County. * WHEN...From 9 AM to 6 PM MDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be hazardous to light weight or high profile vehicles, including campers and tractor trailers.

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Area
Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne

High Wind Warning

High Wind Warning issued April 15 at 7:46PM MDT until April 16 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS

* WHAT...Northwest winds at 30 to 45 mph with gusts up to 65 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Colorado, northwest and west central Kansas, and southwest Nebraska. This includes the Interstate 70 corridor in Kit Carson County, Colorado and Sherman County, Kansas. * WHEN...From 7 AM MDT /8 AM CDT/ to 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Strong northwesterly winds will create dangerous travel conditions, especially for high-profile vehicles. Reductions in visibility associated with blowing dust, where present, will locally exacerbate already dangerous driving conditions.

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Area
Yuma County; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne County; Cheyenne; Sherman; Wallace; Logan; Greeley; Wichita; Dundy

Tornado Watch

Tornado Watch issued April 15 at 8:08PM CDT until April 16 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 113 UNTIL 3 AM CDT TUESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 112. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEBRASKA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DAWSON GOSPER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COZAD, ELWOOD, GOTHENBURG, JOHNSON LAKE, LEXINGTON, AND WILLOW ISLAND.

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Area
Dawson, NE; Gosper, NE

Tornado Watch

Tornado Watch issued April 15 at 8:08PM CDT until April 16 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Hastings NE

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 113 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS JEWELL MITCHELL OSBORNE PHILLIPS ROOKS SMITH IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ADAMS BUFFALO FRANKLIN FURNAS HALL HARLAN KEARNEY PHELPS WEBSTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALMA, ARAPAHOE, BEAVER CITY, BELLAIRE, BELOIT, BLADEN, BLUE HILL, BURR OAK, CAMBRIDGE, CAMPBELL, CODELL, DOWNS, FRANKLIN, GRAND ISLAND, HASTINGS, HILDRETH, HOLDREGE, HOLLINGER, INAVALE, IONIA, JEWELL, KEARNEY, KENSINGTON, MANKATO, MINDEN, ORLEANS, OSBORNE, OXFORD, PHILLIPSBURG, PLAINVILLE, RED CLOUD, ROSEMONT, SMITH CENTER, AND STOCKTON.

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Area
Jewell, KS; Mitchell, KS; Osborne, KS; Phillips, KS; Rooks, KS; Smith, KS; Adams, NE; Buffalo, NE; Franklin, NE; Furnas, NE; Hall, NE; Harlan, NE; Kearney, NE; Phelps, NE; Webster, NE

High Wind Watch

High Wind Watch issued April 15 at 4:36PM CDT until April 16 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. * WHERE...Deuel, Garden, Chase, Keith, Perkins, Arthur, and Grant Counties. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

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Area
Garden; Grant; Arthur; Deuel; Keith; Perkins; Chase
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