Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2001, 8:10 PM CDT for Merrick County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- May 9, 2001, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Merrick County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Central City, NE | |
| May 9, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Central City, NE | Brief touchdown with no damage. |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 100111 TORGRI NEC121-100145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 810 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF CLARKS...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CLARKS AT 820 PM CDT PEOPLE IN EASTERN MERRICK COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. NEVER TRY ThO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF IN A VEHICLE...LEAVE IT IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. $$ KD NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 43 min |
| May 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 47 min |
| May 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 52 min |
| May 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 49 min |
| May 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 42 min |
| May 9, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 43 min |
| May 9, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 54 min |
| May 9, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 51 min |
| May 9, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 52 min |
| May 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 49 min |
| May 9, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 42 min |
| May 9, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 53 min |
| May 9, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 46 min |
| May 9, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 36 min |
| May 9, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 39 min |
| May 9, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls | 46 min |
| May 9, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 54 min |
| May 9, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 65 min |
| May 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 31 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.