Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:00 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Macon, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 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.