WUUS53 KGID 161248 SVRGID NEC143-161315- /O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0036.240416T1248Z-240416T1315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Hastings NE 748 AM CDT Tue Apr 16 2024 The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Polk County in east central Nebraska... * Until 815 AM CDT. * At 747 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Shelby, or 17 miles south of Columbus, moving north at 45 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of eastern Polk County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for east central Nebraska. && LAT...LON 4108 9747 4116 9761 4133 9760 4134 9757 4136 9752 4137 9751 4137 9745 4138 9744 4139 9739 4139 9737 4118 9737 TIME...MOT...LOC 1247Z 198DEG 41KT 4120 9747 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ Wekesser