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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2025, 4:10 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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 26, 2025, 4:10 PM MDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2025, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 418 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
- 1515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 121 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3421 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1640 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 20.8
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 26, 1:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 341 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-272045- 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- 341 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 /241 PM MDT Sat Jul 26 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are possible into this evening across portions of western Nebraska. These storms may pose a risk for damaging wind gusts near and west of Highway 83. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Dangerously hot and humid conditions are expected across much of western and north central Nebraska both Sunday and Monday afternoon. An Extreme Heat Warning and Heat Advisory is in effect for portions of western and north central Nebraska both days, where heat index values from around 100 to in excess of 105 are expected. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Monday afternoon and evening, primarily across north central Nebraska. Thunderstorms chances increase Tuesday night through Thursday night. Heavy rainfall will be the main concern. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:46 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
346 PM MDT Sat Jul 26 2025
NEZ004-262230-
Sheridan NE-
346 PM MDT Sat Jul 26 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM MDT...
At 346 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hay Springs, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Hay Springs, Intersection of Beaver Creek Road and White Clay Creek
Road, Intersection of Highway 87 and Craven Creek Road, Intersection
of Highway 87 and Larabee Road, Mount Maria, and Metcalf State
Wildlife Management Area.
This includes Highway 20 between mile markers 74 and 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4300 10252 4300 10245 4291 10217 4264 10277
4277 10278 4278 10277 4278 10279 4280 10279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 237DEG 29KT 4278 10266
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:39 AM MDT | Extreme Heat Watch | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 11 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:39 AM MDT | Extreme Heat Watch | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 11 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:32 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:32 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Frontier and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:32 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | LBF | Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Frontier and 11 more | 54 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:32 PM MDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 30 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:32 PM MDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LBF | Boyd, Garfield, Holt, Wheeler | 54 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Sheridan | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Deuel | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Garden, Sheridan | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 46 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.