Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2001, 1:42 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas; Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2001, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2001, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Phillips County, KS, Harlan County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Long Is, 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 22, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
758 WUUS53 KGID 221842 SVRGRI KSC147-NEC083-221915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 142 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRAIRIE VIEW...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WOODRUFF AT 150 PM CDT ORLEANS AT 155 PM CDT HUNTLEY AT 200 PM CDT RAGAN AT 205 PM CDT PEOPLE IN HARLAN AND NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS ARE LIKELY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. $$ FAY LAT...LON 3980 9960 3976 9917 4033 9925 4030 9960 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 22, 3:05 AM CDT, 10 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 3:05 AM CDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 305 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 OBVIOUS CONCERNS FOR CONVECTION TODAY WITH SNOW CHANCES IN COLDER AIR FOR TONIGHT. SCATTERED CONVECTION ON GOING IN CWFA AS STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT OCCURS OVER SFC BOUNDARY SITUATED NEAR I 70. NOT TOO WELL ORGANIZED AT THIS TIME THOUGH BUT WILL NEED MORNING WORDING AS WARM AIR ADVECTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN EARNEST. BEST 850MB THETA E ADVECTION FOCUSES ACROSS NW CWFA THIS MORNING AND THIS IS VERIFIED BY INCREASED LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. COULD BE SOME MARGINAL HAIL BUT CERTAINLY AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER NEXT FEW HOURS. MEANWHILE UPPER LOW OVER NEW MEXICO WILL BE LIFTING OUT AS 100 PLUS KNOT JET ROUNDS THE BASE DURING PREDAWN HOURS. THE SURFACE FRONT LIFTS NORTH THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO FURTHER BACKING AND INCREASING OF UPPER FLOW...CREATING UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW. SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD INCREASE TO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA IN SOUTHEAST CWFA BY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A DRY PUNCH WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SQUALL LINE DEVELOPMENT AS PER SWODY1. STRENGTH OF WIND FIELDS SUGGEST DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE COMMON AS THIS LINE RACES ACROSS THE CWFA. WILL HOLD OFF ON ADVISORY DUE TO FORECAST CONVECTION AND DEAL WITH WINDS IN SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK. ATTENTION THEN SHIFTS TO COLDER AIR MOVING IN TONIGHT. MODEL TEMP PROGS HAVE CONVERGED...SO WILL GO WITH THEIR SOLUTION. THIS BRINGS AT LEAST A MIX OF SNOW TO NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS TONIGHT...ENDING IN NORTHEAST MONDAY MORNING. ETA SNOW ACCUMULATOR SHOWS ABOUT 2 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH. WHILE IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW COULD COOL THE BOUNDARY LAYER DOWN ENOUGH TO MAKE SOME STICK ON GRASSY SURFACES...IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE HEAVIER PCPN MOVES OUT BEFORE BEST COLD AIR MOVES IN. THEREFORE WILL JUST GO WITH A POSSIBLE MIX. BLYR TEMPERATURES FIGURE TO STAY HIGH ENOUGH FOR ALL RAIN IN SOUTHEAST. TEMP GRADIENT WILL BE A BIG CHALLENGE TODAY FOR ZONE WORDING. AT LEAST ALL MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIR AGREEMENT...SO WILL STAY IN THAT REALM. ON MONDAY...AM SKEPTICAL OF RAPID RECOVERY OF TEMPS OVER WET GROUND SO WILL STAY ON LOW END OF GUIDANCE. FREEZING TEMPS MONDAY NIGHT MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD AS CURRENTLY FORECAST AS IT APPEARS THAT WARM ADVECTION BEGINS AND CLOUDS INCREASE AFTER MIDN8IGHT. WILL UP TEMPS A BIT THEN. LITTLE CHANGES EXPECTED IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. .GID...NONE DROZD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 7:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
747 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 AM 2 S RIVERDALE NE .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/01 BUFFALOLocal storm report, Apr 22, 10:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1009 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 AM KEARNEY NE 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/22/01 BUFFALO MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...POWER LINES
DOWNED FROM TREES
0850 AM GRAND IS NE WIND DAMAGE
04/22/01 HALL ISOLATED DEBRIS IN WEST
GRAND ISLAND. STREET
LIGHT KNOCKED DNOWN.
SHOPPING MALL SIGN
BROKEN IN HALF.Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-222100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1120 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A WARM FRONT FROM OMAHA TO MCCOOK IS FORECAST TO DRIFT NORTH AT A SLOW RATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY SERVE AS THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR SEVERE STORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER COLORADO WILL PROVIDE LIFT OVER THE FRONT AND INCREASE THE THREAT. A DRY LINE IS PREDICTED TO MOVE FROM EASTERN COLORADO INTO KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL LIKELY TEAM WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM TO SPAWN A SQUALL LINE OF SEVERE STORMS SOUTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT INTO KANSAS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE LINE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END AROUND SUNSETZ. SCHURR
Local storm report, Apr 22, 12:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1222 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1221 PM 3 NW GRAND IS NE .88 INCH HAIL
04/22/01 HALLThe 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, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 49 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, 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 |
| Apr 21, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick, Nance | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 35 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.