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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS North Platte, NE

June 30, 2025Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2025, 1:22 AM CDT for Hayes 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 30, 2025, 1:22 AM CDT (06:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2025, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hayes County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 322 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: 2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 30, 12:23 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:23 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:37 PM CDT, 9 hours 45 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

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 12:26 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 12:44 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 12:51 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 1:10 AM CDT, 12 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, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	44 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, 1:52 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.