Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2001, 11:11 PM CDT for Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas. 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
- Apr 21, 2001, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 11:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Woodston, KS | |
| Apr 21, 11:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Alton, KS | |
| Apr 21, 11:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Alton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845 WUUS53 KGID 220411 SVRGRI KSC141-163-220500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1111 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EASTERN ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF WOODSTON...OR ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WOODSTON AT 1120 PM CDT ALTON AT 1135 PM CDT OSBORNE AT 1155 PM CDT PEOPLE IN OSBORNE AND EASTERN ROOKS COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. $$ LAT...LON 3952 9924 3917 9922 3918 9852 3954 9853 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 Apr 21, 2:55 PM CDT, 8 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 2:55 PM CDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 255 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001 PRIMARY CHALLENGES WITH THIS PACKAGE ARE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AND COLD INTRUSION IN WAKE OF UPPER SYSTEM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. STAGE APPEARS SET FOR MAJOR OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS KANSAS THIS EVENING. SATELLITE PLACES UPPER LOW OVER ARIZONA WITH MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT SENDING IT TO SOUTHEAST COLORADO SUNDAY MORNING. LESS SIDE SURFACE LOW AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS SHOULD PUSH FRONT NORTH TO NEAR THE KS/NE LINE BY DAWN. H85 JET, DYNAMIC LIFT AHEAD OF UPPER LOW, CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT AND ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD YIELD WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS GID CWFA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. HIGH MOS POPS LOOK APPROPRIATE. EXIT OF UPPER SYSTEM LEAVES GID CWFA IN STRONG COLD ADVECTION IN ITS WAKE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. PREFER ETA/MESOETA SOLUTION ON STRENGTH OF COLD AIR. NGM AND AVN HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN TOO WEAK WITH SIMILAR COLD AIR OUTBREAKS. WILL SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERCUT MOS TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. PRECIPITATION IN DEFORMATION ZONE WEST OF UPPER SYSTEM EXPECTED TO EXIT BY MONDAY MORNING WITH ETA AGAIN THE PREFERRED MODEL. COLD ADVECTION LIKELY TO HOLD CLOUDS WELL INTO MONDAY. BENIGN PATTERN WITH UPPER RIDGING TO SET IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE COMING WEEK PER MRF. .GID...NONE SCHURR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 21, 5:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
520 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM GUIDE ROCK NE WIND DAMAGE
04/20/01 WEBSTER TREE BLOWN OVER
0815 PM JEWELL KS WIND DAMAGE
04/20/01 JEWELL SEVERAL ROOFS
BLOWN OFF AND
NUMBEROUS TREES
BLOWN DOWNLocal storm report, Apr 21, 9:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
924 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0920 PM 5 W PHILLIPSBURG KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/01 PHILLIPS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
GUYER/GURNEY
@ RUKWBCeKDENWWUS53 KGID 220225
SVSGRI
KSZ005-220245-
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
924 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEOPLE IN
PHILLIPS COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF
PHILLIPSBURG AT AROUND 920 PM.
PEOPLE IN PHILLIPS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
AT 920 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LONG ISLAND AT 930 PM CDT...
WOODRUFF AT 935 PM CDT...
&
LAT...LON 3956 9961 3957 9908 4000 9907 4000 9963
NNNNLocal storm report, Apr 21, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
937 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
%
0920 PM 2 NW PHILLIPSBURG KS 1 INCH HAIL
04/21/01 PHILLIPS QUARTER SIZE REPORTED
BY SPOTTER
GUYERLocal storm report, Apr 21, 9:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
947 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
l
0930 PM 3 N PHILLIPSBURG KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/21/01 PHILLIPS REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
GUYER/GURNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 52 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.