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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 297, NWS North Platte, NE

July 29, 2025Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2025, 4:18 PM MDT for Chase County, Hayes County, Nebraska. It was in force for 12 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 29, 2025, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2025, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 332 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: 121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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 29, 1:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 1:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
410 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-302115-
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-
410 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025 /310 PM MDT Tue Jul 29 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north
central Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this evening across all
of western and north central Nebraska. Damaging winds and locally
heavy rainfall will be the primary threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Thunderstorms chances continue nearly each day Wednesday through
Monday. The threat for severe weather is low at this time, though
locally heavy rainfall will still be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:50 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:06 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:09 PM MDT, 9 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 28, 6:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	55 min
Jul 28, 6:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	23 min
Jul 28, 7:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Rock	44 min
Jul 29, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	40 min
Jul 29, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	39 min
Jul 29, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	51 min
Jul 29, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	51 min
Jul 29, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	44 min
Jul 29, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	42 min
Jul 29, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	39 min
Jul 29, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	52 min
Jul 29, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	41 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Chase	46 min
Jul 29, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	44 min
Jul 29, 5:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 29, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	47 min
Jul 29, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Boyd	45 min
Jul 29, 5:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 29, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	44 min
Jul 29, 5:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	LBF	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 29, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	41 min
Jul 29, 5:54 PM MDT	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.