{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.ff4a9b22a5df8880e0e08f872c95859dca8a745f.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 4 at 4:56PM CDT until July 4 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.ff4a9b22a5df8880e0e08f872c95859dca8a745f.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS North Platte NE"},"word_count":175,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 4 at 4:56PM CDT until July 4 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS North Platte NE\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Blaine, NE; Brown, NE; Chase, NE; Custer, NE; Frontier, NE; Garfield, NE; Hayes, NE; Holt, NE; Hooker, NE; Keith, NE; Lincoln, NE; Logan, NE; Loup, NE; McPherson, NE; Perkins, NE; Rock, NE; Thomas, NE; Wheeler, NE\n**Issued by:** NWS North Platte NE\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T16:56:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T16:56:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T23:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH\n461 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /10 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE\nFOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL NEBRASKA\n\nCUSTER\n\nIN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA\n\nBLAINE                BROWN                 GARFIELD\nHOLT                  LOUP                  ROCK\nTHOMAS                WHEELER\n\nIN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA\n\nCHASE                 FRONTIER              HAYES\nKEITH                 LINCOLN               PERKINS\n\nIN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA\n\nHOOKER                LOGAN                 MCPHERSON\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AINSWORTH, ATKINSON, BARTLETT,\nBASSETT, BREWSTER, BROKEN BOW, BURWELL, CHAMPION, CURTIS,\nDUNNING, ENDERS, ERICSON, EUSTIS, GRANT, HALSEY, HAYES CENTER,\nIMPERIAL, MAYWOOD, MULLEN, NORTH PLATTE, O'NEILL, OGALLALA,\nPAXTON, PURDUM, RINGGOLD, ROSE, STAPLETON, TAYLOR, THEDFORD,\nTRYON, AND WAUNETA."}