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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS North Platte, NE

July 21, 2025Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2025, 3:10 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 21, 2025, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2025, 3:41 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 2:51 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:51 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 2:59 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:04 PM MDT, 6 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 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, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	45 min
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, 3:55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.