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High Wind Watch 1, NWS North Platte, NE

January 14, 202626 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this high wind watch at Jan 14, 2026, 1:01 AM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 15, 2026, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2026, 1:01 AM MST (08:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 15, 2026, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 15, 2026, 10:25 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE

All 26 counties

Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker 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, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 13, 10:57 PM MST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 10:57 PM MST, 2 hours 4 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.