Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS North Platte, NE

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1203 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Continued chances for storms will continue through the 4th of
  July. Storms will be scattered and mainly during the late
  afternoon and nighttime hours.

- Storm chances will begin to diminish Sunday into the first of
  next week. Temperatures will be quite warm through the entire
  period.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
Issued at 1202 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

Southwest flow aloft will continue across the area through Thursday
as a broad long-wave trough remains anchored across the western
CONUS. This will keep things rather unsettled with continued chances
for scattered convection. It appears that a meso-high will build
into the area for much of the day Wednesday in the wake of the MCS
crossing the area right now. This should largely keep most of the
day dry. The environment will remain strongly sheared, and there
should be some decent boundary layer recovery, particularly across
southwest Nebraska by late afternoon. Most hi-res models develop at
least scattered late afternoon convection across northwest Kansas
where steeper low-level lapse rates will be located. These track
northeast during the evening into southwest Nebraska. Some
uncertainty on how far into the area they will track, or if the more
concentrated area of storms remains east of the area. Thursday the
overall shear is a little less favorable  but still adequate.
instability  will be moderate to strong, with pockets of 3000+ J/KG.
Uncertain on how convection may evolve Thursday. One of the more
probable scenarios may be for convection to organize across South
Dakota and then develop southward into the low-level jet across
northern Nebraska.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Issued at 1202 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

Flow aloft becomes more zonal this coming Holiday weekend. Appears
that a decent wave will embedded within the flow Friday. Very
unstable conditions, along with a highly sheared environment, favors
at least isolated supercell potential later in the day. This may be
locally enhanced with a warm front anchored across the area as
surface low pressure deepens across southwest Nebraska. Another wave
impacts the area on the 4th of July, with at least scattered
convection in the area during the afternoon into the evening. By
Sunday into the first of next week, ridging aloft builds into the
area with the threat for storms diminishing as the overall flow
aloft weakens and temperatures aloft warm.

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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/...
Issued at 1202 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail across all of western and
north central Nebraska through the day Thursday. Scattered
morning thunderstorms will end then mainly clear skies are
expected through the day. Outside of any thunderstorm activity
early this morning, winds through the day should generally be
light at 10 kts or less.

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.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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SHORT TERM...Taylor
LONG TERM...Taylor
AVIATION...Taylor

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
350 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-012100-
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-
350 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 /250 PM MDT Tue Jun 30 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are possible this evening and overnight
across much of western and north central Nebraska. A few storms
could be strong to severe, with large hail and damaging winds as the
primary hazards.

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

Additional thunderstorms are possible both Wednesday and Thursday
across all of western and north central Nebraka. A few storms could
be strong to severe both days, with large hail and damaging winds as
the primary hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1120 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 WSW Big Springs       41.05N 102.13W
06/30/2026  E79 MPH          Deuel              NE   Mesonet

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1156 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1154 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 ESE Tryon             41.53N 100.89W
06/30/2026  E63 MPH          McPherson          NE   Mesonet

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1200 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1156 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 ESE Tryon             41.53N 100.89W
06/30/2026  E69 MPH          McPherson          NE   Mesonet

            Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 3
            ESE Tryon.

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1217 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Stapleton               41.48N 100.52W
07/01/2026  E64 MPH          Logan              NE   Mesonet

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1224 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1218 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 SSE Thedford          41.96N 100.57W
07/01/2026  M76 MPH          Thomas             NE   ASOS

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1228 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

NEZ058-059-069-070-010615-
Chase NE-Hayes NE-Perkins NE-Lincoln NE-
1228 AM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN PERKINS...NORTHEASTERN
CHASE...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN HAYES COUNTIES THROUGH
115 AM CDT/1215 AM MDT/...

At 1227 AM CDT/1127 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of
strong thunderstorms 9 miles northeast of Imperial, moving northeast
at 30 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...
Wallace, Madrid, Elsie, and Grainton.

This includes Highway 61 between mile markers 45 and 64.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT/100 AM
MDT/ for southwestern Nebraska.

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LAT...LON 4053 10145 4062 10181 4095 10163 4084 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 211DEG 27KT 4063 10154

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

Richie