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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

June 29, 2026Garfield County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2026, 10:10 PM CDT for Garfield County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2026, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2026, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Garfield County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

111 
WWUS83 KLBF 300310
SPSLBF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1010 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026
 
NEZ010-027-028-038-300345-
Loup NE-Holt NE-Custer NE-Garfield NE-
1010 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LOUP...GARFIELD...
SOUTH CENTRAL HOLT...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND WESTERN WHEELER COUNTIES
THROUGH 1045 PM CDT...

At 1010 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area to
near Comstock. Movement was northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Burwell, Chambers, Comstock, Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area,
Virginia Smith Dam, Arcadia Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management
Area, Wescott, Kent Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area,
Sunfish Lake, Homestead Knolls Campground, Big Oak Canyon, Nunda
Shoal Campground, Deverre, and Gables.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in North Platte.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central and north central Nebraska.

&&

LAT...LON 4209 9876 4174 9876 4174 9921 4144 9921
      4136 9934 4186 9935 4234 9873 4209 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 217DEG 44KT 4181 9929 4150 9928 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

NMJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Valley	36 min
Jun 29, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	39 min
Jun 29, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	36 min
Jun 29, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Garfield, Holt, Loup	11 min
Jun 29, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	38 min
Jun 29, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Wheeler	39 min
Jun 29, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Garfield	60 min
Jun 30, 12:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LBF	Garfield, Wheeler	3 hr

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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.