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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 391, NWS North Platte, NE

August 27, 2026Cherry County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2026, 1:57 PM MDT for Cherry County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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 27, 2026, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2026, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cherry County, NE

The radar

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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.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 26, 5:47 PM MDT, 20 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 5:47 PM MDT, 20 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 2:26 PM MDT, 23 hours 31 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
Aug 27, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	46 min
Aug 27, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Aug 27, 3:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Aug 27, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	50 min
Aug 27, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	44 min
Aug 27, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	49 min
Aug 27, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	43 min
Aug 27, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	53 min
Aug 27, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	62 min
Aug 27, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	26 min
Aug 27, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry	30 min
Aug 27, 4:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry	65 min
Aug 27, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Grant, Hooker	51 min
Aug 27, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	33 min
Aug 27, 5:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Cherry, Hooker, Thomas	27 min

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Sources

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