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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS North Platte, NE

June 17, 2025Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2025, 1:33 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2025, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2025, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 371 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 14.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT, 9 hours 57 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
336 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-172045-
Sheridan-Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Garden-Grant-
Hooker-Thomas-Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Arthur-McPherson-Logan-
Custer-Deuel-Keith-Perkins-Lincoln-Chase-Hayes-Frontier-
Western Cherry-
336 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 /236 PM MDT Mon Jun 16 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north
central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Late this afteroon and tonight.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are likely to develop along
a stalled frontal boundary late this afternoon into the evening.
The main concerns will be very large hail up to tennis ball size,
damaging wind gusts, and a tornado or two. Locally heavy rain will
be possible but widespread flooding is not expected. The area for
development appears to favor portions of the southern Sandhills,
central and into southwest Nebraska.

Additional thunderstorms are expected to roll in across the
Panhandle into western and southwest Nebraska this evening. Strong,
damaging winds to 75 mph and large hail will be the main threat with
these storms.

The combination of afternoon high temperatures in the low to middle
90s and muggy conditions will push heat index values into the upper
90s for southwest through central Nebraska.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Scattered to widespread thunderstorms are likely to move in from the
west as early as late afternoon Tuesday but more likely during the
evening hours. Storms may become strong to severe with damaging
winds and heavy rain the main concerns but isolated large hail
possible as well. The heavy rain potential will likely continue
through much of the evening into early Wednesday morning. A few
locations could see rainfall amounts approaching 2" by Wednesday
morning.

Temperatures climb by late week as afternoon highs reach the upper
90s to lower 100s for both Friday and Saturday. Combined with the
humidity, heat indices are forecast to reach the triple digits for
portions of the southwest through central Nebraska.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

Taylor

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:24 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Lincoln	52 min
Jun 16, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln	62 min
Jun 16, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LBF	Hayes, Lincoln	48 min
Jun 16, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	41 min
Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	48 min
Jun 16, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	45 min
Jun 16, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	46 min
Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Hayes	23 min
Jun 16, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	39 min
Jun 16, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	51 min
Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Chase, Hayes	18 min
Jun 16, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	39 min
Jun 16, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Lincoln	41 min
Jun 16, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	48 min
Jun 16, 10:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln	31 min
Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	52 min
Jun 16, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	58 min
Jun 17, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield, Loup	56 min
Jun 17, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	66 min
Jun 17, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden, Grant	38 min
Jun 17, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	52 min
Jun 17, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	48 min
Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	61 min
Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	53 min
Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LBF	Lincoln	3 days
Jun 17, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	61 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Perkins	38 min
Jun 17, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	47 min
Jun 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	51 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	McPherson	60 min
Jun 17, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	38 min
Jun 17, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	52 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.