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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS North Platte, NE

July 4, 2026Blaine County, Cherry County, Thomas County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2026, 4:18 PM CDT for Blaine County, Cherry County, Thomas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 4:27 PM CDT, 23 hours 51 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
Jul 3, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	51 min
Jul 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Deuel, Garden	41 min
Jul 3, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Sheridan	44 min
Jul 3, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LBF	Cherry, Grant	41 min
Jul 3, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Grant, Hooker	51 min
Jul 3, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry, Grant, Hooker	50 min
Jul 3, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	46 min
Jul 4, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	51 min
Jul 4, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	42 min
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry, Hooker	44 min
Jul 4, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Hooker, Thomas	51 min
Jul 4, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	41 min
Jul 4, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Blaine, Thomas	48 min
Jul 4, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	37 min
Jul 4, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Logan, McPherson, Thomas	42 min
Jul 4, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	32 min
Jul 4, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Holt	41 min
Jul 4, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Thomas	50 min
Jul 4, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer, Logan	50 min
Jul 4, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Logan	43 min
Jul 4, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	25 min
Jul 4, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Loup	48 min

Nearby

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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.