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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

May 9, 2001Merrick County, Nebraska

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 8:24 PM CDTHail 1.75Central City, NE
May 9, 8:39 PM CDTTornado F0Central City, NEBrief 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance43 min
May 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson47 min
May 9, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance52 min
May 9, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman49 min
May 9, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper42 min
May 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps43 min
May 9, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall54 min
May 9, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk51 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo47 min
May 9, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan52 min
May 9, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick49 min
May 9, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin42 min
May 9, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams53 min
May 9, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York46 min
May 9, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall36 min
May 9, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster39 min
May 9, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls46 min
May 9, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York54 min
May 9, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer65 min
May 9, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls31 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.