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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Hastings, NE

June 13, 2001Fillmore County, York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 6:39 PM CDT for Fillmore County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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: Jun 13, 2001, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, NE, York County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Mc Cool Jct, NE
Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Geneva, NE
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Burress, NE
Jun 13, 7:06 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Exeter, NE

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
Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGID 132340
TORGRI
NEC059-185-140015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
639 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER 
  SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A   DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF FAIRMONT...OR ABOUT 20   MILES SOUTH OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EXETER AT 645 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND NORTHERN FILLMORE COUNTIES SHOULD
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUbR HEAD
WITH YOUR HANDS.

$$

LAT...LON 4055 9772 4041 9741 4103 9691 4117 9718

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, York	46 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.