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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 373, NWS North Platte, NE

August 22, 2026Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2026, 1:53 AM CDT for Holt County, Rock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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 22, 2026, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2026, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Holt County, NE, Rock County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2026-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2026-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFBrown49 min
Aug 22, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry44 min
Aug 22, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFRock48 min
Aug 22, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFRock46 min
Aug 22, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Wheeler32 min
Aug 22, 2:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBFCherry42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.