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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

August 9, 2025Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2025, 2:00 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2025, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2025, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
50

County Sheridan County, NE

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 9, 11:15 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 11:15 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:47 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
147 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

NEZ022-092030-
Garden NE-
147 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN GARDEN COUNTY
THROUGH 230 PM MDT...

At 146 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lisco, or 21 miles west of Oshkosh, moving east at 15 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...
Oshkosh, Lisco, Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Richardson
Lake, Sugar Loaf Hill, and Mumper.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4166 10264 4178 10240 4135 10233 4137 10261
      4139 10261 4140 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 257DEG 15KT 4149 10274

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:00 PM MDT, 0 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarden43 min
Aug 9, 2:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry45 min
Aug 9, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry55 min
Aug 9, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry43 min
Aug 9, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry26 min
Aug 9, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry65 min
Aug 9, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFBrown, Cherry, Rock30 min
Aug 9, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine27 min
Aug 9, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBlaine46 min
Aug 9, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown29 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.