Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2001, 8:25 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Oct 9, 2001, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rooks County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 8:43 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Webster, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
888 WUUS53 KGID 100125 SVRGRI KSC163-100215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 825 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEBSTER STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WEBSTER STATE PARK AT 830 PM CDT PLAINVILLE AT 835 PM CDT CODELL AT 845 PM CDT STOCKTON AT 850 PM CDT WOODSTON AT 905 PM CDT PEOPLE IN ROOKS COUNTY 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 3955 9959 3915 9958 3914 9907 3954 9906 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 Oct 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 2:25 PM CDT, 6 hours before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 225 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT MAIN FOCUS TODAY. 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED LOW PRESSURE OVER SW NEBR WITH DRY LINE EXTENDING S ACROSS WRN KANSAS AND WARM FRONT STRETCHING EAST ACROSS SRN NEBR. COLD FRONT SEPARATING PANHANDLE FROM THE REST OF THE STATE. PLENTY OF SFC MOISTURE IN PLACE WITH DEW POINTS AROUND 60. SATELLITE/PROFILERS SHOW POTENT WAVE CROSSING THE ROCKIES AND COUPLED JET STRUCTURE SET UP OVER PLAINS. SO PLENTY OF LIFT. CAPES UP TO 2000 J/KG ON 18Z LAPS AND EVEN HIGHER ON SPC HOURLY MESO ANALYSIS. 500 MB TEMPS OF -14C ACROSS THE AREA. VIL O DAY FIGURES TO BE AROUND 50 OFF 18Z SOUNDINGS. SHEARWISE...FLOW IS OBVIOUSLY VERY STRONG WITH SOME DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN LOWEST LEVELS YIELDING HIGH VALUES OF BRN AND EHI ON SPC MESO PLOTS. HOWEVER AS AFTN/EVENING PROGRESSES...WINDS FAIRLY UNIDIRECTIONAL WITH HEIGHT ALTHOUGH UNDULATIONS LIKELY NEAR FRONT AS SFC LOW RIDES ALONG IT. THEREFORE...TORNADO THREAT FIGURES TO BE REAL IN ADDITION TO THE HAIL THREAT FROM COLD AIR ALOFT. EVENTUALLY THIS SHOULD TURN INTO A LINE EVENT ALONG THE COLD FRONT. 18Z SOUNDINGS DO SUPPORT THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE AS WELL. SO...WILL MENTION SVR IN ZFP THIS EVENING. PLENTY OF SUBSIDENCE LATE TONIGHT AND WED BEHIND FRONT SO NW WINDS SHOULD SUSTAIN AT LEAST BREEZY CRITERIA. WOULD EXPECT A DECREASE IN CLOUDS OVERNIGHT WITH SUBSIDENCE THEN SOME REFORMING IN CAA WED. HAD TO UP TEMPS A NOTCH TONIGHT DUE TO STRONG HEATING THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECTED MIXING OVERNIGHT. HAVE INCREASED DIURNAL RANGE A BIT WED/WED NGT AND THU WITH GENERALLY DRY AIR IN PLACE. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO FORECAST BEYOND THURSDAY AS CHANCE OF RAIN STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FRIDAY. APPEARS A SLIGHT WARMUP MAY RETURN BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGING TRIES TO NUDGE TROUGH EAST. .GID...NONE. DROZD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 9, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
622 PM CDT TUE OCT 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM 2 W FULLERTON NE 1 INCH HAIL
10/09/01 NANCESpecial weather statement, Oct 9, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-100200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 632 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EAST OF HIGHWAY 281... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM WHERE TORNADOS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NANCE...MERRICK...POLK...HAMILTON...YORK...CLAY...FILLMORE... NUCKOLLS...AND THAYER. IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... JEWELL AND MITCHELL. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... VALLEY...GREELEY...SHERMAN...HOWARD...DAWSON...BUFFALO... HALL...GOSPER...PHELPS...KEARNEY...ADAMS...FURNAS...HARLAN... FRANKLIN...AND WEBSTER. IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... PHILLIPS...SMITH...ROOKS...AND OSBORNE. DROZD
Local storm report, Oct 9, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
707 PM CDT TUE OCT 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0553 PM 2 E POLK NE TORNADO
10/09/01 POLK REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
0555 PM BURR OAK KS 1 INCH HAIL
10/09/01 JEWELL REPORTED BY COOP OBSERVER
GUYERLocal storm report, Oct 9, 7:40 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
740 PM CDT TUE OCT 09 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM CHAPMAN NE TORNADO
10/09/01 MERRICK BLDGS/ PIVOTS DESTROYED
0520 PM 10 N CENTRAL CITY NE TORNADO
10/09/01 MERRICK 2 HOUSES DESTROYED
0630 PM SILVER CREEK NE TORNADO
10/09/01 MERRICK CARS/ HOUSES DAMAGEDSpecial weather statement, Oct 9, 7:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
KSZ007-019-NEZ041-048-049-063-064-076-077-086-087-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 747 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 281... ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR JEWELL AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM WHERE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NANCE...MERRICK...POLK...HAMILTON...YORK...CLAY...FILLMORE... NUCKOLLS...AND THAYER. GUYER
Local storm report, Oct 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
815 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 MINDEN NE .75 INCH HAIL
10/09/01 KEARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 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.