Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS North Platte, NE

August 9, 2025Blaine County, Brown County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2025, 6:52 PM CDT for Blaine County, Brown County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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: Aug 9, 2025, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2025, 7:21 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 9, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	12 hr

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 Aug 9, 6:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
310 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-102015-
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-
310 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 /210 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible this evening,
continuing into the overnight hours. A few storms could potentially
become severe across the western Sandhills into southwestern
Nebraska. At this time the greatest threat for severe storms is
southwest of a line from Tryon to Stockville. Large hail is the main
threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Additional showers and thunderstorms are possible Sunday afternoon
and evening, lasting into early Monday morning. However, the risk
for severe thunderstorms appears low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

CLB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
200 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

NEZ004-094-092045-
Sheridan NE-Western Cherry NE-
200 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND EAST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM MDT...

At 159 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 26 miles southwest of Medicine Lake, or 27 miles
southeast of Gordon, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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...
Highway 61 crossing the Snake River, Round Lake, Big Hill, Morgan
Lake, Billys Lake, Indian Hill, Intersection of Highway 61 and
Shadbolt Road, and Intersection of Highway 61 and Survey Valley Road.

This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 184 and 212.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4227 10211 4250 10220 4282 10157 4242 10131
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 244DEG 20KT 4250 10186

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
345 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

NEZ094-092130-
Western Cherry NE-
345 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHERRY COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM CDT...

At 345 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 22 miles north of Whitman, or 36 miles northwest of
Mullen, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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...
Highway 97 crossing the North Loup River, Speckel Meir Lake, Highway
97 crossing Big Creek, Sevenmile Hill, and Round Lake.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 61 between mile markers 187 and 189.
 Highway 97 between mile markers 88 and 94.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4225 10167 4242 10175 4268 10114 4233 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 250DEG 20KT 4236 10161

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
432 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

NEZ094-092215-
Western Cherry NE-
432 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL CHERRY COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...

At 432 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 8 miles east of Merriman, or 22 miles southeast of
Martin, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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...
Cody, Nenzel, Cody Lake, and Eli.

This includes Highway 20 between mile markers 138 and 166.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4296 10102 4276 10156 4291 10169 4300 10154
      4300 10105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 237DEG 22KT 4288 10155

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Local storm report, Aug 9, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:18 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:44 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	43 min
Aug 9, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	45 min
Aug 9, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	45 min
Aug 9, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	55 min
Aug 9, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Aug 9, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	26 min
Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	65 min
Aug 9, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Brown, Cherry, Rock	30 min
Aug 9, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	27 min
Aug 9, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.