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Freeze Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE

May 1, 202622 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this freeze warning at May 1, 2026, 12:16 PM MDT for 22 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 2, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2026, 12:16 PM MDT (18:16 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 2, 2026, 7:00 AM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

All 22 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at May 1, 11:50 AM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:50 AM MDT, 26 minutes before

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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.