Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2001, 11:14 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jewell County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Formoso, 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 nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 100415 SVRGRI KSC089-100500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1114 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MANKATO...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MONTROSE AT 1120 PM CDT LOVEWELL STATE PARK AT 1125 PM CDT FORMOSO AT 1130 PM CDT PEOPLE IN JEWELL COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCVTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS ARE LIKELY. $$ KD LAT...LON 3997 9852 3958 9844 3958 9797 3998 9797 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, 8 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:55 PM CDT, 8 hours 19 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, 10:45 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION FOR LAST REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1045 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 PM 6 W GENEVA NE 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 FILLMORE
DEGLocal storm report, May 9, 11:00 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1100 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 PM EDGAR NE 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/09/01 CLAY WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED BY
SPOTTERS
1040 PM 2 NW LEBANON KS 60 MPH TSTM GUSTd
05/09/01 SMITH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED
1045 PM 1 E GENEVA NE .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 FILLMORE
GUYERLocal storm report, May 9, 11:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1104 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM CAIRO NE .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 HALL
GUYER/DROZDSpecial weather statement, May 9, 11:07 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ048-049-061>064-072>077-082>087-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1107 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 218 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 218 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA... FURNAS...GOSPER...BUFFALO...PHELPS...HARLAN...KEARNEY... FRANKLIN...HALL...ADAMS...WEBSTER...MERRICK...HAMILTON...CLAY... POLK...AND YORK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 218 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... PHILLIPS...ROOKS...SMITH...AND OSBORNE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GENEVA TO NELSON NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS. KISNER
Local storm report, May 9, 11:08 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1108 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0908 PM CENTRAL CITY NE 1 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 MERRICK
0908 PM CHAPMAN NE 1 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 MERRICK
GUYER/DROZDLocal storm report, May 9, 11:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1114 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....U
0824 PM 5 N CENTRAL CITY NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01 MERRICK
33The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 51 min |
| May 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 45 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.