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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS North Platte, NE

June 30, 2025Lincoln County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2025, 12:31 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2025, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2025, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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 29, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 367 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: 1567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 30, 12:23 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:23 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:37 PM CDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
337 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-302045-
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-
337 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025 /237 PM MDT Sun Jun 29 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 storms is expected this
evening across western Sandhills and southwest Nebraska. Large hail
and damaging winds (70 mph or greater) are possible with the
strongest storms. Localized flooding of low lying areas and small
streams could also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Thunderstorm chances return 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 29, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1036 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     9 SSE Hay Springs       42.56N 102.62W
06/29/2025                   Sheridan           NE   Public

&&

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1043 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     Hail             10 E Gordon             42.81N 102.01W
06/29/2025  M2.00 Inch       Cherry             NE   Trained Spotter

            Report via social media.

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1106 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

NEZ023-024-035-036-300445-
Hooker NE-Grant NE-Arthur NE-McPherson NE-
1106 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ARTHUR...
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN HOOKER AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 1145 PM CDT/1045 PM MDT/...

At 1106 PM CDT/1006 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 8 miles east of Swan Lake, or 23 miles northeast of
Arthur, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
Tryon, Big Lamunyon Flats, Schnick Lake, Sand Beach Lake, and East
Cody Lake.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 92 between mile markers 188 and 205.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 32 and 45.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT/1100
PM MDT/ for west central Nebraska.

&&

LAT...LON 4173 10146 4188 10133 4168 10075 4140 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 304DEG 29KT 4177 10132

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:52 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:00 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 12:26 AM CDT, 5 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 29, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Jun 29, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Sheridan	46 min
Jun 29, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	51 min
Jun 29, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden, Grant, Sheridan	66 min
Jun 29, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant	65 min
Jun 29, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	47 min
Jun 29, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Grant	39 min
Jun 29, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	39 min
Jun 29, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, McPherson, Thomas	45 min
Jun 29, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, McPherson, Thomas	35 min
Jun 29, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, Perkins	38 min
Jun 30, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	45 min
Jun 30, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins	50 min
Jun 30, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson	37 min
Jun 30, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Lincoln, Perkins	38 min
Jun 30, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Lincoln, Logan	46 min
Jun 30, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hayes	38 min
Jun 30, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	49 min
Jun 30, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	36 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.