| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Harlan; Franklin |
| Effective | 9/12/2026, 1:35:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 9/12/2026, 2:00:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued September 12 at 1:35PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Details
At 135 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Harlan County Dam, or 23 miles north of Phillipsburg, moving east at
35 mph.
HAZARD…Penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
The strong thunderstorm will be near…
Harlan County Dam and Republican City around 135 PM CDT.
Naponee around 145 PM CDT.
Bloomington around 150 PM CDT.
Franklin around 155 PM CDT.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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