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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS North Platte, NE

June 8, 2026Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2026, 2:40 AM MDT for Keith County, Perkins County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 8, 2026, 2:40 AM MDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2026, 3:30 AM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

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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 Jun 8, 12:44 AM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:44 AM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:45 PM MDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
345 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-082045-
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-
345 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2026 /245 PM MDT Sun Jun 7 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Near critical fire weather concerns are expected to continue this
afternoon and evening across the western Sandhills and Panhandle.

An isolated strong to severe thunderstorm cannot be ruled out this
evening across the Sandhills and northwest Nebraska. Severe wind
gusts are the main concern, though isolated large hail cannot be
ruled out in stronger storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible late Monday afternoon
and evening. At this time, the main concerns are damaging wind gusts
and large hail, though a tornado or two cannot be ruled out.

Hot weather is expected next week, especially on Tuesday, with
highs in the upper 90s to lower 100s.

Near critical to critical fire weather concerns will be possible
both Tuesday and Wednesday, generally for areas along and especially
west of Highway 83.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:24 PM MDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:01 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:53 AM MDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:25 AM MDT, 15 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
Jun 7, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	82 min
Jun 7, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Garden, Sheridan	45 min
Jun 7, 7:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Garden, Grant	50 min
Jun 7, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garden	63 min
Jun 7, 11:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden, Grant, Hooker, Sheridan	46 min
Jun 8, 1:53 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garden	52 min
Jun 8, 2:25 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	50 min
Jun 8, 2:48 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur, Garden	42 min
Jun 8, 3:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	47 min
Jun 8, 3:34 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Arthur	41 min
Jun 8, 4:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	49 min
Jun 8, 4:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith	44 min
Jun 8, 5:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Logan	38 min
Jun 8, 5:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Perkins	48 min
Jun 8, 6:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Lincoln	49 min
Jun 8, 9:16 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LBF	Custer	44 min
Jun 8, 10:43 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	LBF	Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more	33 hr
Jun 8, 10:49 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Chase, Perkins	41 min
Jun 8, 1:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	44 min
Jun 8, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	33 min

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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.