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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2025, 7:14 PM CDT for Frontier County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Frontier County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 310 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 6:26 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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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, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 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 36 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 16 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, 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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 | 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.