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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS North Platte, NE

August 12, 2026Sheridan County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2026, 5:29 PM MDT for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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
Aug 12, 2026, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2026, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sheridan County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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
Aug 12, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 Aug 12, 1:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 1:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 2:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
303 PM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-132015-
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-
303 PM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 /203 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are again expected to develop late this
afternoon into the early evening across western Nebraska and spread
eastward later tonight.Primary threats include damaging winds and
large to very large hail. In addition, locally heavy rainfall will
be possible tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Additional chances for thunderstorms are expected Thursday through
Sunday. The threat will transition to locally heavy rainfall during
this period, however, a strong or severe storm cannot be ruled out.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFPerkins49 min
Aug 11, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBFCherry, Sheridan62 min
Aug 11, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFLogan43 min
Aug 11, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBFCherry, Sheridan47 min
Aug 11, 7:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry, Sheridan51 min
Aug 11, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFCherry47 min
Aug 11, 11:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry, Keya Paha52 min
Aug 11, 11:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry28 min
Aug 11, 11:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBFBrown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock52 min
Aug 12, 12:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFCherry43 min
Aug 12, 12:22 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFBoyd, Brown, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock38 min
Aug 12, 12:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFBoyd, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock46 min
Aug 12, 1:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd, Garfield, Holt, Loup, Rock40 min
Aug 12, 1:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler51 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.