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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Hastings, NE

May 9, 2001Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Smith County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 9, 10:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 51 E	Lebanon, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
746 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0735 PM    LEXINGTON                 NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   DAWSON

Local storm report, May 9, 8:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 9:56 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 10:01 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION FOR LAST REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1001 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0950 PM    5 W RED CLOUD             NE    2.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   WEBSTER

0950 PM    5 W RED CLOUD             NE    75 MPH WIND GUST
05/09/01   WEBSTER                         ESTIMATED BY SPOTTER

0955 PM    4 W RED CLOUD             NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   WEBSTER

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	43 min
May 9, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	47 min
May 9, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	52 min
May 9, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	49 min
May 9, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper	42 min
May 9, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Merrick	35 min
May 9, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	43 min
May 9, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	54 min
May 9, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk	51 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	47 min
May 9, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	52 min
May 9, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick	49 min
May 9, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	42 min
May 9, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	53 min
May 9, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk, York	46 min
May 9, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	36 min
May 9, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Webster	39 min
May 9, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	46 min
May 9, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, York	54 min
May 9, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	65 min
May 9, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	31 min
May 9, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	51 min
May 9, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	46 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.