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Special Weather Statement, NWS North Platte, NE

August 20, 2026Holt County, Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2026, 8:21 PM CDT for Holt County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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: Aug 20, 2026, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS North Platte, NE
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Holt County, NE

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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: 1018 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 3:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service North Platte NE
307 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-212015-
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-
307 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 /207 PM MDT Thu Aug 20 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms remain possible through
this evening, mainly for areas along and east of Highway 83 and north
of Highway 2. Any storms that form will pose a risk for large to
very large hail, damaging winds, and locally heavy rainfall.

Renewed thunderstorm development is possible in the predawn hours
Friday, mainly for portions of central Nebraska. Should activity
develop, a few could be strong to severe with large hail, damaging
winds, and locally heavy rainfall the main concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms chances return Friday
afternoon/evening across western and north central Nebraska.
Confidence in precise evolution of the thunderstorm threat is limited
as morning activity may hamper the afternoon environment. Should
the environment recover and storms develop, strong to severe storms
will again be possible with large to very large hail and damaging
winds the primary threats. The main area of concern is generally
east of Highway 61. Continue to monitor later forecasts for up to
date thinking on the concern.

Thunderstorms will continue to be possible daily from Saturday
through Wednesday. At this time, the severe threat is uncertain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 3:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
343 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0339 PM     Hail             8 WSW Johnstown         42.52N 100.19W
08/20/2026  M0.88 Inch       Cherry             NE   Public

&&

MRS

Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service North Platte NE
408 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0356 PM     Hail             13 SSW Wood Lake        42.47N 100.34W
08/20/2026  E1.00 Inch       Cherry             NE   Public

            Dimes to quarters.

&&

MRS

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 5:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 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 20, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Custer	48 min
Aug 20, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Custer	44 min
Aug 20, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Boyd, Holt	49 min
Aug 20, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Gosper	34 min
Aug 20, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Frontier	40 min
Aug 21, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine	45 min
Aug 21, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Blaine, Custer	45 min
Aug 21, 6:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Loup	53 min
Aug 21, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Blaine, Custer, Loup	40 min
Aug 21, 6:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Sheridan	39 min
Aug 21, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Holt	49 min
Aug 21, 7:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LBF	Cherry, Sheridan	55 min
Aug 21, 7:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Grant, Hooker	51 min
Aug 21, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Wheeler	43 min
Aug 21, 9:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Keith, Lincoln, Logan, Perkins	49 min
Aug 21, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Antelope	37 min
Aug 21, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Frontier	62 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.