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Location: Friend, NE
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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 2:56 PM Sep. 12, 2026 – National Weather Service
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LANCASTER...NORTHERN
JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD...SALINE AND GAGE COUNTIES THROUGH
1030 AM CDT...

At 955 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Emerald to 3 miles
southwest of Cortland to 5 miles northwest of Jansen. Movement was
southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
Southern Lincoln, Beatrice, Crete, Wilber, Hickman, Firth,
Dorchester, Adams, De Witt, Cortland, Plymouth, Diller, Panama,
Western, Clatonia, Roca, Hallam, Pleasant Dale, Pickrell, and
Daykin.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 388 and
390.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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