Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2001, 9:12 PM CDT for Greeley County, Howard County, Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 10, 2001, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE, Nance County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 9:36 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Fullerton, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 110213 SVRGRI NEC077-093-125-110300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 912 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA WESTERN NANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WOLBACH...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BELGRADE. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY...NORTHEASTERN HOWARD AND WESTERN NANCE COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND QUARTERS ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. $$ LAT...LON 4161 9807 4130 9802 4129 9854 4144 9841 NNNN MORITZ
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 Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 145 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 ...TSRA POTENTIAL THE NEXT 24 HRS IS THE MAIN CONCERN... SMALL...BUT RELATIVELY POTENT...BATCH OF TSRAS PRODUCED SVR WX ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF CWA THIS MORNING. THIS CLUSTER EFFECTIVELY PUSHED INVERTED SFC TROF SOUTH TO NEAR THE NEB/KS BORDER...AT LEAST IN OUR CWA. FURTHER SOUTH...WARM FRONT IS LIFTING THRU CNTRL KS W/ M60 DWPTS AS FAR NORTH AS TOP/SLN. PLENTY OF TSRA ACTIVITY IN WARM SECTOR IN ERN KS...W/ WEAKER RETURNS INTO OUR 6 NC CNTYS. AS WARM LIFTS INTO INVERTED TROF...EXPECT TSRAS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTN INTO EVENING. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SVR WX WILL BE OVER NC KS...BUT WILL ALSO WORK NORTH THRU NEB CNTYS AS STRONG OVERRUNNING OF COOL SFC AIR TAKES PLACE TONIGHT W/ THE APPROACH OF POTENT UPPER LVL SYS CURRENTLY INDICATED CLEARING ON WV IN AZ. EVENTUALLY EXPECT COOL LLVL AIR TO BE DISPLACED NORTH AS WELL OVER MOST OF CWA. WILL FOLLOW ETA W/ ITS SLIGHTLY BETTER HANDING OF LLVL MOISTURE INFLUX W/ THE CAVIOT THAT IT DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE SWRD PUSH OF SFC TROF BY AM TSRAS. REALLY...FCST PLAYS OUT ABOUT THE SAME USING ALL THE MDLS W/ BASIC SCENARIO OF TSRAS INCREASING IN COVERAGE THRU NC KS THIS AFTN & SPREADING THRU NEB CNTYS THIS EVENING...SOME DRY SLOTTING OVERNIGHT... THEN THE UPPER LO LIFTS NE OVER CWA TOMR...W/ POTENTIAL FOR SVR WX... INCLUDING TORNADOS INTO EARLY AFTN...WHEN SYS PASSES NE AND A STRONG W TO NW WIND DRIES THINGS OUT. WHEN ALL THINGS ARE SAID AND DONE...ONLY NEED TO TWEEK CURRENT FCST. WILL HAVE TO REWORD TEMPS TONIGHT AS 40S IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF NRN/CNTRL CWA WILL BE REPLACED BY 50S TONIGHT. WILL UP TEMPS TOMR AS WELL...ESP SE 1/2 OF CWA BASED ON PROGGED TRACK OF SFC LO AND SOUTH WINDS FCST THRU EARLY AFTN. AS FOR EXTENDED...WONT PLAY W/ MUCH. AS PER PMDEPD...SOME DIFFICULTY W/ NEXT WAVE THAT DROPS IN BEHIND CURRENT SYS. I AM INCLINED TO LEAVE FCST DRY. I EXPECT 2ND SYS TO HAVE ALOT OF TROUBLE MAINTAINING ITSELF AS IT WORKS EAST INTO CONFLUENT FLOW LEFT IN BEHIND CURRENT BIG STORM. OTHERWISE...A TREND TOWARD WARMER WX BY WEEKEND AFTER COOLER READINGS INVADE LATE WED INTO THU IN WAKE OF AZ UPPER LO. .GID...NONE. GURNEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 504 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NUMBER 116 EXPIRED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXPIRED AT 5 PM. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT...AND SOME OF THOSE COULD BE SEVERE. STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MORITZ
Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
531 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 AM 3 N YORK NE .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 YORK
1025 AM 3 W GRESHAM NE .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 YORKSpecial weather statement, Apr 10, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-110230- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 535 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT. UNTIL 8 PM...MOST AREAS WILL SEE PERIODS OF DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN AND PATCHY FOG. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. AFTER 8 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES INTO WESTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS KANSAS...AND THEN REACH NEBRASKA AS THEY RAPIDLY TRACK NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO ADVANCE NORTHEAST INTO NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY...AND THEN EXIT INTO IOWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WEDNESDAY...EXPECT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO 45 MPH. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. FAY
Local storm report, Apr 10, 8:37 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
837 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0818 PM ROCKVILLE NE .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 SHERMAN
0830 PM 3 WNW FARWELL NE 1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 HOWARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2001Every 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.