Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2001, 10:44 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2001, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nuckolls County, NE
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 nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 100344 SVRGRI NEC129-100415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1044 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM OAK TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOSTWICK...OR FROM 36 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS TO 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... RUSKIN AT 1050 PM CDT PEOPLE IN NUCKOLLS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. $$ KD LAT...LON 4032 9824 4002 9826 4001 9788 4032 9786 NNNN
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.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 2:55 PM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:55 PM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 255 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 THUNDERSTORM INITIATION AND LOCATION THE MAIN PROBLEMS. SOME SURPRISE HUH? BELIEVE THE FOCUS TONIGHT IS ON TWO AREAS. THE FIRST IS NEAR STALLING BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHEAST. ADVECTION OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IMPRESSIVE EASTERN/SOUTHERN CWFA. PARAMETERS APPEAR TO SET UP JUST EAST OF US...AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT...AS WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ACTING TO CAP THINGS NOW. NO SIGN YET THAT CAP IS WEAKENING IN CWFA. MODERATE RISK SNATCHES EAST CWFA. M0DEL QPF DIFFERENCES WELL DOCUMENTED. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO AN EVENT LAST WEAK WITH A STRONGER FRONT (CURRENTLY OUR "REAL" FRONT IS WELL NORTH OF NEBRASKA) AND WAVE. ALL THE ACTION WAS WELL NORTHEAST. WON/T DEVIATE TOO MUCH FROM SPC OUTLOOK...BUT LOWER POPS SOME TONIGHT. THIS TREND WAS BORN OUT IN THE MORNING GUIDANCE AS WELL. OTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF CWFA. LAPS DATA SUGGEST THIS AN AREA OF WEAKENING CAP. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S WITH SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...ALBEIT MIXED OUT SOME AND SHALLOW. DISCONTINUITY IS CURRENTLY A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AND THERE ARE HINTS OF CU LINE FORMING TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG MOISTURE BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDS UP INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. HAVING SAID THAT...WITH RESIST TIMING ANYTHING DOWN THERE AND KEEP 30 POPS FOR THE CHANCE SOMETHING MIGHT MOVE INTO THAT AREA THIS EVENING. THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD/SHOULD BE RATHER ACTIVE WITH WAVE TO SLIDE ALONG STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN CWFA. COMPROMISE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FIELDS LOOK APPROPRIATE BUT OVERALL...CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH PW APPROACHING 1.5 INCHES...MAINLY OVER AREAS OF MOST RECENT AND HEAVIEST RAINS. SLOWER FRONT LIKELY MEANS SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY THAN PREVIOUS RUN. BELIEVE TREND ON FRIDAY WILL BE CLEARING DURING THE DAY...WITH EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT CONVECTION PUSHING FRONT SOUTH OF CWFA. THE EXTENDED LOOKS WARMER COME SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AHEAD OF FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST. COOLER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HAVE ADUJUSTED TEMPERATURES ACCORDINGLY. .GID...NONE. MORITZ
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 7:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
734 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
T
0728 PM FULLERTON NE .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 NANCELocal storm report, May 9, 7:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 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 DAWSONLocal storm report, May 9, 8:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
805 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
Q
0805 PM FULLERTON NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 NANCELocal storm report, May 9, 9:56 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
956 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 N RED CLOUD n NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 WEBSTER
DEGLocal storm report, May 9, 10:01 PM CDT, 43 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
DEGLocal storm report, May 9, 10:37 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION FOR LAST REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1037 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... K ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1035 PM 3 W EXETER NE 0.75 INCH HAIL 05/09/01 FILLMORE DEG
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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.