Severe Weather near North Platte
Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA Storm Prediction Center arrived 4 hours ago.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
This page covers the record dated 31 May 2026. Browse recent observations in this area:
Reported by NOAA Storm Prediction Center 153 days ago.
No stronger detection stands among the 64 recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 May 2026 — 36 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 7 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA Storm Prediction Center reported: Tornado reported near 9 N Wellfleet, Lincoln, NE. Storm Spotter reported tornado via Twitter. (LBF)
Urban PEI: 24,194 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 16 May 2026
- May 16, 2026 · score 34 · 3.9 km
- May 16, 2026 · score 34 · 8.7 km
- August 28, 2026 · score 34 · 13.9 km
How we know
2 recorded sources include NOAA Storm Prediction Center; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 40 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
Computed under scoring rules v1. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.
Event data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | High |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 40 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.75/1 |
| Coordinates | 40.8800, -100.7600 |
| Nearest city | North Platte (27 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 24.2K within 50 km |
| Impact tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-31T00:28:00.000Z |
| Source | https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html |
| Licence | US public domain · NOAA Storm Prediction Center |
Physical priority index · v1. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: spc. Occurrence: 2026-05-31T00:28:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-31T12:14:10.353Z. Material modification: not recorded.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score breakdown
Technical details
| ReportType | tornado |
| Speed | UNK |
| Location | 9 N Wellfleet |
| County | Lincoln |
| State | NE |
| Comments | Storm Spotter reported tornado via Twitter. (LBF) |
| Iem TypeSummary | T |
| Iem City | 9 N Wellfleet |
| Iem County | Lincoln |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | LBF |
| Iem Remark | Storm Spotter reported tornado via Twitter. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_T_40.880_-100.760_1780187280000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1780187280000,"latitude":40.88,"longitude":-100.76}] |
Safety information
What to do in a tornado
Three things first, then what to do before, during and after. From FEMA’s Ready.gov and the US National Weather Service.
For this reportSevere Weather · North Platte
Go to the lowest, innermost room
A basement or a storm shelter; otherwise an inner room without windows on the lowest floor. Protect your head and neck.
Ready.govLeave a mobile home
It gives no protection: go to a sturdy building or a shelter before the tornado arrives.
Ready.govOutdoors or in a car
Find the strongest shelter you can. If there is none, lie flat in a low place and cover your head. Never under a bridge.
Ready.gov
Before, during, after. Here it is “after”.
Before · When tornadoes are possible
Get the warnings
Phone alerts and weather radio, day and night.
Choose your safe room
Lowest floor, inner, no windows; everyone at home should know it.
Know the signs
A rotating cloud, a cloud of debris, a loud roar like a train.
Ready.gov (FEMA)
During · When a warning is issued
Go now
To your safe room, without waiting to see it.
Cover up
Arms over head and neck; blankets or a mattress over you.
Ready.gov (FEMA)
After · When it has passed
Keep away from fallen lines
And from damaged buildings.
Clean up protected
Sturdy shoes, gloves, a mask.
Messages, not calls
Keep lines free for emergencies.
Ready.gov (FEMA)
Questions people ask
What is the difference between a tornado watch and a warning?
A watch means tornadoes are possible: be ready. A warning means one has been seen or detected on radar: take shelter now. Source: US National Weather Service.
Should I open the windows?
No. It does not help, and it wastes time you need to take shelter. Source: US National Weather Service.
Is an overpass a good shelter?
No. Wind speeds up under it and carries debris. Source: Ready.gov (FEMA).
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