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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS North Platte, NE

July 11, 2025Arthur County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2025, 7:56 PM MDT for Arthur County, Garden County, Keith County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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: Jul 11, 2025, 7:56 PM MDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2025, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Arthur County, NE, Garden County, NE, Keith County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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
Jul 11, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 445 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: 676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 Jul 11, 5:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 5:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:02 PM MDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
402 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-122115-
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-
402 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 /302 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible late this afternoon
into tonight, south of a line from Alliance through Valentine.
Damaging winds and hail are the main threats with the strongest
storms. Locally heavy rainfall is also possible across the southeast
Panhandle and southwest Nebraska, where coverage of storms is
expected to be greatest.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Periodic thunderstorm chances return to the outlook area Tuesday
through Thursday. At this time, severe weather potential is
uncertain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is unlikely this afternoon and evening, but
reports of severe weather are appreciated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:03 PM MDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
303 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

NEZ056-112145-
Deuel NE-
303 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN DEUEL COUNTY THROUGH 345
PM MDT...

At 303 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Chappell, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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...
Chappell.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 81 and
95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4109 10261 4120 10232 4100 10227 4100 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 249DEG 10KT 4103 10253

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:22 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
322 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

NEZ022-056-112200-
Deuel NE-Garden NE-
322 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL GARDEN AND WESTERN
DEUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM MDT...

At 321 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Chappell, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Chappell, Mount Vernon, and Intersection of Highway 27 and 9 Mile
Road.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 78 and
94.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 10261 4132 10236 4106 10222 4100 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 249DEG 9KT 4115 10252

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:18 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 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
Jul 11, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	45 min
Jul 11, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	40 min
Jul 11, 7:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	41 min
Jul 11, 7:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel	38 min
Jul 11, 8:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	66 min
Jul 11, 8:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase, Keith, Perkins	65 min
Jul 11, 9:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase, Hayes, Perkins	51 min
Jul 11, 10:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	41 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.