SKYWARN · Nebraska

NWS North Platte LBF

26 counties, 3 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #ne-wx

1 active · 0 warnings

NWS checked 11:26 PM

Freeze WatchSevere · NPWLBF · until Fri 3:00 PM
Sheridan; Garden; Grant; Arthur; Deuel; Keith; Perkins; Chase; Western Cherry

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KLNX interactive ↗ · KLNX at College of DuPage ↗ · KUEX interactive ↗ · KUEX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · UMV sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by LBF so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near North Platte yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS North Platte yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

17 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.525 MHz KHA55 · Oshkoshcovers Deuel, Garden, Keith (W) · 1000 W · NWS North Platte

162.425 MHz KPS502 · Mullencovers Cherry (SOUTHERN), Grant, Hooker, McPherson (NORTHERN), Thomas · 1000 W · NWS North Platte

162.550 MHz WXL68 · North Plattecovers Arthur, Chase, Frontier, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins · 1000 W · NWS North Platte

162.475 MHz WXL73 · Bassettcovers Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha, Loup, Rock, Wheeler · 1000 W · NWS North Platte

162.400 MHz WXL76 · Merrimancovers Cherry (W), Sheridan · 800 W · NWS North Platte

162.500 MHz WXN72 · Mernacovers Custer, Sherman · 1000 W · NWS North Platte

162.450 MHz WXN82 · Valentinecovers Cherry · 1000 W · NWS North Platte

162.525 MHz KEC39 · Cambridgecovers Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Red Willow · 347 W · NWS Hastings

162.425 MHz KGG99 · Lexingtoncovers Dawson, Frontier, Gosper, Phelps · 405 W · NWS Hastings

162.525 MHz KWN62 · Ordcovers Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Howard, Loup, Sherman, Valley, Wheeler · 230 W · NWS Hastings

162.525 MHz KXI20 · Chadroncovers Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan, Sioux · 1000 W · NWS Cheyenne

162.425 MHz KXI25 · Pickstowncovers Boyd, Holt · 302 W · NWS Sioux Falls

162.500 MHz WNG524 · Trentoncovers Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Red Willow · 379 W · NWS Goodland

162.500 MHz WNG645 · Albioncovers Boone, Greeley, Nance, Platte, Wheeler · 297 W · NWS Omaha/Valley

162.425 MHz WXK64 · Hot Springscovers Dawes, Sheridan, Sioux · 300 W · NWS Rapid City

162.475 MHz WXL67 · Scottsbluffcovers Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan (S 1/2), Sioux (S 1/2) · 1000 W · NWS Cheyenne

162.500 MHz WXN61 · Sidneycovers Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden (South 1/3), Kimball · 1000 W · NWS Cheyenne

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS North Platte. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #ne-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS North Platte · 26

NEC005 Arthur

NEC009 Blaine

NEC015 Boyd

NEC017 Brown

NEC029 Chase

NEC031 Cherry

NEC041 Custer

NEC049 Deuel

NEC063 Frontier

NEC069 Garden

NEC071 Garfield

NEC075 Grant

NEC085 Hayes

NEC089 Holt

NEC091 Hooker

NEC101 Keith

NEC103 Keya Paha

NEC111 Lincoln

NEC113 Logan

NEC115 Loup

NEC117 McPherson

NEC135 Perkins

NEC149 Rock

NEC161 Sheridan

NEC171 Thomas

NEC183 Wheeler