Garden and Sheridan Counties included in new Thunderstorm Warning

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Garden, Sheridan Grant and Cherry Counties until 9:15 p.m.

July 9, 2020Updated: July 9, 2020
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Cherry County in north central Nebraska...
Northern Grant County in west central Nebraska...
Northern Garden County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...
Southern Sheridan County in the Panhandle of Nebraska...

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 828 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles east of Wild Horse Butte to 6 miles north of
Ashby to 17 miles northwest of Mullen, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
Ellsworth, Hyannis, Whitman, Ashby, Antioch, Speckel Meir Lake,
Duluth, Big Hill, Dipping Vat Meadow, Swede Lake, Miles Lake,
Marsh Flat, Wickson Lake, Diamond Lake, Herman Lake, Pratt Lake,
Krause Lake and Sevenmile Hill.

This includes the following highways...
Highway 250 between mile markers 1 and 21.
Highway 2 between mile markers 96 and 162.
Highway 61 between mile markers 149 and 188.
Highway 97 between mile markers 73 and 93.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.