Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2001, 2:34 PM CDT for Osborne County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2001, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2001, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 221935 SVRGRI KSC141-183-222015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 234 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALTON...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PORTIS AT 245 PM CDT HARLAN AT 250 PM CDT ATHOL AT 255 PM CDT SMITH CENTER AT 300 PM CDT BELLAIRE AT 305 PM CDT PEOPLE IN SMITH AND NORTHERN OSBORNE 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 BARE LIKELY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. $$ FAY LAT...LON 3928 9902 3930 9852 3996 9852 3999 9897 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, 2:25 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:25 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 225 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001 ...IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS OF COURSE SEVERE TSTMS AND THEN ATTENTION TURNS TO SNOW POSSIBILITIES FOR TONIGHT... 18Z SATELLITE IMAGERY AND PROFILERS SHOWS MODELS LOOKING OKAY AS FAR AS POSITION OF 500 LOW. 95 KT 500 MB JET AT GRANADA PROFILER AT 17Z. NICE DRY SLOT WORKING FROM WESTERN KANSAS INTO SW NEB. AT SFC... THE WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED NORTH THROUGH MOST OF CWA WITH ODX AND LEX STILL ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE BNDRY. GRI TEMP JUMPED 12 DEG IN 14 MINUTES AS FRONT MOVED N AROUND 17Z. AUTO OBS AT ODX REPORTING SNOW BUT CALLS TO HUMANS IN THAT AREA CONFIRM LIGHT RAIN ONLY. SFC LOW IN SE COLORADO...PROJECTED TO TRACK ENE AND BE OVER LNK BY MIDNIGHT. SETUP STILL LOOKING PROMISING FOR SEVERE INTO THIS EVENING AS SYSTEM LIFTS INTO OUR AREA. QUESTION THEN BECOMES HOW MUCH COLD AIR CAN GET INTO REGION BEFORE PRECIP MOVES OUT. MAY GET AN INCH OF SNOW OUT WEST AND NW BUT BELIEVE MOST OF PRECIP LIFTS OUT WITH ONLY MINIMAL WRAP AROUND. FORECAST SOUNDINGS USING MESO ETA FOR LEX WOULD CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW BTWN 03 AND 06Z. IN GRI AREA TEMPS WOULD DROP COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW BY 09Z. OTHER CONCERN IS THE WINDS. NEAR ADVY CRITERIA MANY LOCATIONS AND WINDS TO KEEP UP AS LOW PASSES. GRAD STAYS TIGHT AS LOW MOVES ACROSS. WILL PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND ISSUE ONE FOR THE WESTERN AND CNTR L PARTS OF THE CWA AND LATER SHIFTS CAN REISSUE AS THE LOW MOVES. .GID...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS WEST OF CENTRAL CITY TO GRAND ISLAND...AND SOUTH TO INCLUDE ALL OUR KS CWA. EWALD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 10:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 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, 3 hours 14 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, 2 hours 12 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 HALLLocal storm report, Apr 22, 1:55 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
155 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM 3 ESE LONG IS KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/01 PHILLIPSThe 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, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.