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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS North Platte, NE

June 23, 2026Arthur County, Garden County, Grant County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2026, 5:41 AM MDT for Arthur County, Garden County, Grant County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 23, 2026, 5:41 AM MDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2026, 6:11 AM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Arthur County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 Jun 23, 5:27 AM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 5:27 AM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 1:02 AM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
202 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-240715-
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-
202 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026 /102 AM MDT Tue Jun 23 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms will persist through this morning across
much of north central Nebraska. Hail and strong winds will be the
main threats.

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

Afternoon and evening thunderstorms will continue to be possible
through Friday. At this time the severe threat is uncertain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:05 AM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
305 AM MDT Tue Jun 23 2026

NEZ004-231000-
Sheridan NE-
305 AM MDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY
THROUGH 400 AM MDT...

At 305 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Red Cloud Campground, or 11 miles southwest of Hay
Springs, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Rushville, Hay Springs, Clinton, Diamond Lake, Intersection of Beaver
Creek Road and White Clay Creek Road, Smith Lake State Wildlife
Management Area, Highway 250 crossing the Niobrara River,
Intersection of Highway 87 and Antelope Road, and Walgren Lake State
Recreation Area.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 20 between mile markers 74 and 100.
 Highway 250 between mile markers 16 and 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4276 10277 4278 10230 4224 10233 4232 10275
      4244 10275 4244 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 262DEG 29KT 4260 10288

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

NWS LBF

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:11 AM MDT, 30 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
Jun 22, 10:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	39 min
Jun 23, 3:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	55 min
Jun 23, 3:48 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Sheridan	42 min
Jun 23, 4:09 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	66 min
Jun 23, 5:01 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant, Sheridan	44 min
Jun 23, 5:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	McPherson	49 min
Jun 23, 7:09 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	36 min
Jun 23, 7:25 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	50 min
Jun 23, 7:30 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier, Hayes	15 min
Jun 23, 8:09 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Hayes	3 hr
Jun 23, 8:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hayes	38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.