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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS North Platte, NE

July 19, 2025Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2025, 7:08 PM CDT for Garfield County, Holt County, Wheeler County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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 19, 2025, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 19, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 3103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.5

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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 19, 6:26 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 6:26 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
435 PM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-202145-
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-
435 PM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025 /335 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

A slight (level 2 of 5) risk of severe storms are possible late this
afternoon and evening across much of western and north central
Nebraska. The main threat will be hail (2+ inches) and damaging
winds
(75+ mph), but a few tornadoes may also be possible.

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

Thunderstorms are possible Sunday through Wednesday across the area.
On Sunday, a marginal (level 1 of 5) risk of severe storms are
possible across the entire outlook area from late afternoon into the
evening. Beyond Sunday night, the severe threat is uncertain.

Very warm temperatures return on Monday and Tuesday with heat
indices approaching 100 across portions of north central and into
central Nebraska.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
527 PM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025

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

0516 PM     Hail             1 W North Platte        41.13N 100.79W
07/19/2025  M1.00 Inch       Lincoln            NE   NWS Employee

0522 PM     Hail             5 E Ainsworth           42.55N 99.76W
07/19/2025  M1.50 Inch       Brown              NE   Trained Spotter

            Ping pong size hail and 50 mph winds.

&&

Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
532 PM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025

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

0517 PM     Hail             2 NNE North Platte      41.16N 100.76W
07/19/2025  M1.75 Inch       Lincoln            NE   Storm Chaser

&&

Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
538 PM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025

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

0522 PM     Hail             1 S Long Pine           42.52N 99.70W
07/19/2025  M1.75 Inch       Brown              NE   Emergency Mngr

&&

Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
558 PM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025

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

0437 PM     Hail             7 S Gandy               41.37N 100.45W
07/19/2025  E2.75 Inch       Lincoln            NE   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Had reports of hail breaking out windows on
            several houses in town. There was some water
            over the county roads.

&&

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:49 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:56 PM 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
Jul 19, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Frontier	46 min
Jul 19, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Frontier	47 min
Jul 19, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	52 min
Jul 19, 7:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Brown, Rock	4 hr
Jul 19, 8:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Hayes	3 hr
Jul 19, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	42 min
Jul 20, 2:51 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LBF	Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 11 more	29 hr
Jul 20, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Jul 20, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	52 min
Jul 20, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	49 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.