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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS North Platte, NE

July 4, 2026Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2026, 3:01 PM MDT for Cherry County, Hooker County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 4, 2026, 3:01 PM MDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2026, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cherry County, NE, Hooker County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDT, 23 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry, Sheridan51 min
Jul 3, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFDeuel, Garden41 min
Jul 3, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Sheridan44 min
Jul 3, 7:34 PM MDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Grant41 min
Jul 3, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFGrant, Hooker51 min
Jul 3, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry, Grant, Hooker50 min
Jul 3, 9:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHooker46 min
Jul 4, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeith51 min
Jul 4, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFKeith, Lincoln42 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Cherry, Thomas42 min
Jul 4, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHooker, Thomas51 min
Jul 4, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFPerkins41 min
Jul 4, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFBlaine, Thomas48 min
Jul 4, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFGarfield37 min
Jul 4, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLogan, McPherson, Thomas42 min
Jul 4, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt32 min
Jul 4, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt41 min
Jul 4, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFThomas50 min
Jul 4, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Logan50 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Logan43 min
Jul 4, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFHolt25 min
Jul 4, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Loup48 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.