Special Weather Statement

At 730 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Julesburg to 6 miles northeast of Sixteen- Mile Corner to Pleasant Valley. Movement was east-northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include... Ogallala, Imperial, Grant, Big Springs, Brule, Madrid, Venango, Lamar, Barton, Champion, Crete, Chase, Eagle Gulch Campground, Ruthon, Brandon, Megeath, Otter Creek Campground, Lake View Campground, Wild Horse Spring, and Belmar.

This includes the following highways... Highway 61 between mile markers 41 and 91. Highway 92 between mile markers 122 and 131. Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 90 and 129. Highway 6 between mile markers 1 and 30.