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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS North Platte, NE

July 30, 2026Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2026, 1:13 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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 30, 2026, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 30, 12:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Jul 30, 11:24 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 11:24 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 2:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown33 min
Jul 30, 3:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFPerkins30 min
Jul 30, 1:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry55 min
Jul 30, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry, Keya Paha59 min
Jul 30, 2:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningLBFCherry3 hr
Jul 30, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry50 min
Jul 30, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha51 min
Jul 30, 2:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFKeya Paha3 hr
Jul 30, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBrown, Cherry47 min
Jul 30, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry40 min
Jul 30, 3:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBFCherry2 hr
Jul 30, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFMcPherson51 min
Jul 30, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFKeya Paha46 min
Jul 30, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry45 min
Jul 30, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas39 min
Jul 30, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBFCherry, Thomas42 min
Jul 30, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock41 min
Jul 30, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Thomas62 min
Jul 30, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock47 min
Jul 30, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFLincoln, Logan55 min
Jul 30, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Holt65 min
Jul 30, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Custer, Logan, Loup, Rock and 1 more45 min
Jul 30, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan54 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.