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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

June 13, 2001Fillmore County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 7:56 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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: Jun 13, 2001, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Fillmore County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Ohiowa, NE
Jun 13, 8:35 PM CDT	Hail 1	Fairmont, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 4371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.5
Supercell composite: 17.4

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The text

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

581 
WFUS53 KGID 140057
TORGRI
NEC059-140130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER CARLETON...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTH OF
  YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  OHIOWA AT 805 PM CDT
  GENEVA AT 810 PM CDT
  FAIRMONT AT 815 PM CDT
  EXETER AT 820 PM CDT

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

NEVER TRY TO 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.

$$

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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, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	52 min
Jun 13, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	23 min
Jun 13, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	42 min
Jun 13, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	46 min
Jun 13, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	41 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	36 min
Jun 13, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	48 min
Jun 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	41 min
Jun 13, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	39 min
Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore	36 min
Jun 13, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	34 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Furnas	24 min
Jun 13, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	50 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	48 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	York	30 min
Jun 13, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	44 min
Jun 13, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	40 min
Jun 13, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney	50 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	32 min
Jun 13, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	44 min
Jun 13, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	26 min
Jun 13, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney	31 min
Jun 13, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Webster	40 min
Jun 13, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	32 min
Jun 13, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	30 min
Jun 13, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	29 min
Jun 13, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	43 min
Jun 13, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	41 min
Jun 13, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	66 min
Jun 13, 11:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay	35 min
Jun 13, 11:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore	39 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.