Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 4:37 AM CDT for Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 3, 2001, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2001, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:55 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Alma, NE |
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 nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 030938 SVRGRI NEC083-137-031015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 437 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 515 AM CDT * AT 432 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HOLDREGE TO 4 MILES WEST OF ORLEANS...OR FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE TO 24 MILES SOUTH OF HOLDREGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS INCLUDE ALMA...HARLAN COUNTY DAM AND FUNK. DIME SIZE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. PEOPLE IN HARLAN AND SOUTHERN PHELPS COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MONITOR STREAMS IN THE AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT RISES AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAY. $$ LAT...LON 4043 9953 4002 9958 4005 9920 4048 9925 MORITZ 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 Jun 3, 2:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 232 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 STAGE APPEARS SET FOR RAIN AND TSTMS THROUGHOUT GID CWA THIS MORNING. 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS FEATURED A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...WEST ALONG THE RED RIVER...THEN NORTH THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO. 00Z UA ANALYSES HAD RIDGE FROM W TEXAS THRU WRN DAKOTAS... AND TROF OVER PACIFIC NORTHWEST. H5 HEIGHT FALLS 60+ METERS IN MONTANA...UTAH AND WYOMING A REFLECTION OF ADVANCE OF THAT SYSTEM. IR SATELLITE HAS LARGE CONVECTIVE MASS OVER WRN NEBRASKA CAUSED BY LEADING SHORT WAVE BITING INTO UPPER RIDGE. CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS KANSAS A RESULT OF ISENTROPIC LIFT ON N SIDE OF SURFACE BOUNDAY. FORECAST APPEARS FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH CONVECTIVE MASS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD RAIN THROUGHOUT GID CWA THIS MORNING. EXPECT A BREAK IN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON WITH WAVE SLIDING EAST. WIDESPREAD PCPN LOOKS LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY INTO KANSAS AND ISENTROPIC LIFT STRONG ACROSS GID CWA. LIFT SHOULD BE ENHANCED BY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AS WELL. MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT INCREASING INSTABILITY SHOULD YIELD A GREATER CHANCE SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY APPEAR LESS CERTAIN ATTM. AVN MODEL SENDS UPPER LOW SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH SOME DYNAMIC LIFT STILL INTO NEBRASKA. SMALLER POPS APPEARt APPROPRIATE IN NEBRASKA ZONES. MODEL SOLUTIONS APPEAR QUITE CLOSE. WILL STAY NEAR FWC TEMPS. MAV HAS DEMONSTRATED A COLD BIAS OF LATE AND LOOKS TOO COOL THIS RUN. .GID...NONE. SCHURR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:32 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-031700- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 432 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY DROP HAILSTONES UP TO ABOUT AN INCH IN DIAMETER...AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AS STRONG AS 60 MPH. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY THREAT FOR TORNADOES. A WARM FRONT ACROSS OKLAHOMA IS SCHEDULED TO SLIDE INTO KANSAS BY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM NORTH OF THAT BOUNDARY TONIGHT..\.AND SOME OF THOSE MAY YIELD SEVERE WEATHER. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLE EVEN TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE SOUTH OF THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER. SCHURR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.