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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Hastings, NE

June 3, 2001Franklin County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 4:52 AM CDT for Franklin 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, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 5:00 AM CDTHail 0.75Macon, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

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 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 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, 20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan, Phelps38 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.