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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2025, 7:52 PM CDT for Boyd County, Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 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 28, 2025, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2025, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boyd County, NE, Holt County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 28, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service North Platte NE 347 PM CDT Mon Jul 28 2025 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-292100- 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- 347 PM CDT Mon Jul 28 2025 /247 PM MDT Mon Jul 28 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Dangerously hot and humid conditions are expected across much of western and north central into this evening. An Extreme Heat Warning and Heat Advisory is in effect for portions of western and north central Nebraska, where heat index values from around 100 to in excess of 105 are expected this evening. Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this evening across the area, with the greatest risk across portions of north central Nebraska. Damaging winds will be the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall are possible Tuesday afternoon and evening across all of western and north central Nebraska. Thunderstorms chances continue nearly each day Wednesday through Sunday. The threat for severe weather is low at this time, though locally heavy rainfall will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Taylor
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 512 PM MDT Mon Jul 28 2025 NEZ022-023-035-057-290000- Grant NE-Arthur NE-Garden NE-Keith NE- 512 PM MDT Mon Jul 28 2025 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ARTHUR...SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT... NORTHWESTERN KEITH AND SOUTHEASTERN GARDEN COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM MDT... At 511 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 12 miles north of Arthur to 9 miles northeast of Lewellen. Movement was east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Arthur, Lewellen, Swan Lake, Lemoyne, Eagle Gulch Campground, Ruthon, Haythorn Lake, Clear Creek State Wildlife Management Area, Lena, Sand Puddin Lake, McKeag, Otter Creek Campground, Lake View Campground, Jensen Lake, Belmar, Three Mile Lake, Velma, and Bluewater Battlefield State Historical Park. This includes the following highways... Highway 61 between mile markers 104 and 140. Highway 92 between mile markers 115 and 135, and between mile markers 165 and 173. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 4173 10142 4118 10182 4135 10222 4180 10185 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 267DEG 25KT 4174 10177 4143 10202 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH JWS
Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 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 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Rock | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Thomas | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 12 min |
| Jul 29, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Hayes | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Frontier | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Chase | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Loup | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Boyd | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Logan | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Perkins | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 6:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 3 hr |
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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.