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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Hastings, NE

October 9, 2001Greeley County, Howard County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2001, 4:26 PM CDT for Greeley County, Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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: Oct 9, 2001, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 9, 4:40 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Elba, NE
Oct 9, 4:50 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Greeley, NE
Oct 9, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Wolbach, NE	Tornado crossed from Greeley County into Nance County

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
Oct 9, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

562 
WUUS53 KGID 092126
SVRGRI
NEC077-093-092215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
426 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREELEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ELBA...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTH OF GRAND
  ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELBA AT 435 PM CDT
  SCOTIA AT 440 PM CDT
  WOLBACH AT 445 PM CDT
  GREELEY AT 455 PM CDT
  SPALDING AT 515 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN GREELEY AND NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN
A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL OF ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER OR MORE.

$$

LAT...LON 4124 9873 4122 9830 4173 9833 4176 9877

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	43 min
Oct 9, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick	49 min
Oct 9, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Greeley	33 min
Oct 9, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	59 min
Oct 9, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Merrick	49 min
Oct 9, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hamilton	27 min
Oct 9, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls	39 min
Oct 9, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nance	39 min
Oct 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	48 min
Oct 9, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hamilton	42 min
Oct 9, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Polk	51 min
Oct 9, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	46 min
Oct 9, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Merrick	45 min
Oct 9, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.