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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 418, NWS North Platte, NE

August 28, 2026Keith County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2026, 9:38 PM MDT for Keith 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 28, 2026, 9:38 PM MDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2026, 10:30 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Keith County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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.

NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 28, 5:10 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 5:10 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 2:13 PM MDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:33 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 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 28, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Deuel, Garden	55 min
Aug 28, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Deuel, Grant, Keith	57 min
Aug 28, 8:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	54 min
Aug 28, 8:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Hooker	66 min
Aug 28, 10:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Keith, Lincoln	38 min
Aug 28, 11:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Lincoln	43 min
Aug 29, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	46 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.