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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS North Platte, NE

June 29, 2025Brown County, Cherry County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2025, 1:37 AM CDT for Brown County, Cherry County, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 29, 2025, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2025, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 294 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: 2696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 7.0

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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 29, 1:16 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:16 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:09 PM CDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
309 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-292015-
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-
309 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025 /209 PM MDT Sat Jun 28 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A slight risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms is possible
late this afternoon and evening for much of the Sandhills into north
central Nebraska. Main threats will be damaging winds and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

A marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of severe thunderstorms is possible
Sunday evening for all of western and north central Nebraska. The
main threat will be large hail, but some stronger winds are also
possible.

Thunderstorm chances continue Tuesday night through Friday night.
The threat for severe weather is uncertain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:47 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:19 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:31 AM CDT, 6 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 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Keith, Perkins	50 min
Jun 28, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden, Sheridan	45 min
Jun 28, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	48 min
Jun 28, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	24 min
Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	25 min
Jun 28, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	38 min
Jun 28, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keya Paha	40 min
Jun 28, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	46 min
Jun 28, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock	50 min
Jun 28, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock	51 min
Jun 29, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Jun 29, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	47 min
Jun 29, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	43 min
Jun 29, 12:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha	3 hr
Jun 29, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	41 min
Jun 29, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Jun 29, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	48 min
Jun 29, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	61 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.