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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS North Platte, NE

July 20, 2025Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2025, 8:00 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2025, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2025, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 20, 4:24 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 271 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: 1882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

654 
WUUS53 KLBF 210200
SVRLBF
NEC031-210245-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SV.W.0252.250721T0200Z-250721T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service North Platte NE
900 PM CDT Sun Jul 20 2025

The National Weather Service in North Platte has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Cherry County in north central Nebraska...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 900 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Valentine
  National Wildlife Refuge, or 18 miles south of Valentine, moving
  southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, Big Alkali Lake State Wildlife
  Management Area, and Highway 83 crossing Goose Creek.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 178 and 197.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for north central
Nebraska.

&&

LAT...LON 4251 10018 4244 10019 4243 10017 4238 10017
      4233 10050 4263 10072 4269 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 309DEG 14KT 4260 10056 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Brown

1 follow-up statement

785 
WWUS53 KLBF 210224
SVSLBF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
924 PM CDT Sun Jul 20 2025

NEC031-210245-
/O.CON.KLBF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-250721T0245Z/
Cherry NE-
924 PM CDT Sun Jul 20 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY...

At 924 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Valentine
National Wildlife Refuge, or 25 miles south of Valentine, moving
southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge and Highway 83 crossing Goose
Creek.

This includes Highway 83 between mile markers 178 and 191.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for north central
Nebraska.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4251 10018 4244 10019 4243 10017 4238 10017
      4233 10050 4255 10066 4264 10041
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 323DEG 14KT 4251 10049 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Brown

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	48 min
Jul 20, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LBF	Cherry	59 min
Jul 20, 6:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry	41 min
Jul 20, 7:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Jul 20, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LBF	Brown, Cherry	43 min
Jul 20, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Brown	47 min
Jul 20, 8:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Cherry	3 hr
Jul 20, 8:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jul 20, 8:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	51 min
Jul 20, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Brown, Cherry	49 min
Jul 20, 9:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Brown, Cherry	109 min
Jul 20, 9:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Brown, Cherry	52 min
Jul 20, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	48 min
Jul 20, 9:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Loup, Rock	38 min
Jul 20, 9:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	51 min
Jul 20, 10:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Brown, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock	34 min
Jul 20, 10:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	51 min
Jul 21, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	41 min
Jul 21, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	31 min
Jul 21, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	50 min
Jul 21, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	47 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.