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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 9:11 PM CDT for Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thayer County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Hubbell, NE | Brief tornado in Thayer county. |
| Jun 13, 9:38 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Hubbell, NE | |
| Jun 13, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Gilead, NE | |
| Jun 13, 9:54 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Alexandria, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 140211 TORGRI NEC169-140245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 911 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS REISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 907 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF HUBBELL...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GILEAD AT 925 PM CDT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTY 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. u $$ & LAT...LON 4002 9759 3990 9742 4014 9706 4030 9727 9 NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 340 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE FINALLY STALLED ACROSS CENTRAL CWFA... BASICALLY ALONG A LINE FROM PALMER...TO KGRI...JUNIATA...AND THEN TO BLOOMINGTON. THE CONCERN IS CONVECTION TONIGHT...WHERE AND WHEN. FRONT WILL HOLD STEADY TONIGHT...AND BE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. BELIEVE AREAS JUST TO NORTHEAST OF CWFA MAY SEE THINGS FIRE FIRST. BACK BUILDING POSSIBLE...WITH CAPPING LIMITING SOUTHERN CWFA DEVELOP. ONCE SURFACE LOW STARTS CHURNING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AREA IN RESPONSE TO UPPER WAVE MOVING...AND LOW LEVEL STRONG LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN...MUCH OF CWFA WILL ERUPT INTO WIDESPREAD STORMS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE...BUT TORNADO THREAT SEEMS TO BE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...IF STORMS GET GOING THEN. RECENT HOT AND DRY TREND PRECLUDES ANY ISSUANCE OF FFA FOR REGION. LATEST MESOETA NOW MOVES UPPER LOW JUST A TOUCH FURTHER NORTH ON THURSDAY...BUT AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED. SOUTHERN CWFA WILL BE IN DRY SLOT...AND COULD WARM NICELY WITH STRONG WEST FLOW. WILL DROP OZF TEMPS JUST A BIT BUT AT LEAST AT GUIDANCE LEVELS THERE. NORTHERN AREAS IN CLOUDS BEFORE BREAKING OUT...AND COOLER TEMPERATURE ZONE. 60S LIKELY NORTHWEST ZONES. STILL A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS AND BELIEVE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE JUST TO OUR NORTHEAST. WILL BE MAKING MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO OZF POPS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WARM...WEST FLOW FRIDAY SHOULD LEAD TO MILD TEMPERATURES UNDER SUNSHINE. .GID...NONE. MORITZ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-140100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CNTRL NE/NORTH CNTRL KS - UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 455 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT MAY GIVE US SEVERE WEATHER. THE FIRST AREA LOOKS HAVE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. THIS AREA HAS DEW POINTS NEAR 70 DEGREES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. WITH SUNSET A FEW MORE HOURS AWAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR IN THIS AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL...BUT TORNADOS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE NEXT AREA IS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT WAS FROM NEAR FULLERTON TO GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS GAINING STRENGTH IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. AS IT DOES...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...BUT STRONG WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY STILL OCCUR. THE BEST TIME FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA WILL BE FROM 8 PM UNTIL 2 AM. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACTIVATE IF STORMS DEVELOP NEAR YOUR AREA. KISNER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-140100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CNTRL NE/NORTH CNTRL KS - UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE CORRECTION TO 2ND PARA 455 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT MAY GIVE US SEVERE WEATHER. THE FIRST AREA LOOKS TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. THIS AREA HAS DEW POINTS NEAR 70 DEGREES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. WITH SUNSET A FEW MORE HOURS AWAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR IN THIS AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL...BUT TORNADOS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE NEXT AREA IS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION. LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT WAS FROM NEAR FULLERTON TO GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS GAINING STRENGTH IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. AS IT DOES...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...BUT STRONG WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY STILL OCCUR. THE BEST TIME FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA WILL BE FROM 8 PM UNTIL 2 AM. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACTIVATE IF STORMS DEVELOP NEAR YOUR AREA. KISNER
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
656 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
2
.A WISC1 010613 DH2348/XRIRG 11
.A WISC1 010613 DH2348/USIRG 9
.A WISC1 010613 DH2348/UDIRG 33
.A WISC1 010613 DH2348/URIRG 35
.A SLFC1 010613 DH2348/PCIRG .00
.A SLFC1 010613 DH2348/TAIRG 82
.A SLFC1 010613 DH2348/XRIRG 23
.A SLFC1 010613 DH2348/USIRG 2
.A SLFC1 010613 DH2348/UDIRG 12
.A MSSC1 010613 DH2300/HGIRG 9.65
.A MSSC1 010613 DH2300/TAIRG 60
.A SPWC1 010613 DH2348/PCIRG 25.48
.A SMSC1 010613 DH2348/PCIRG 55.76
.A SMSC1 010613 DH2348/TAIRG 86
.A SMSC1 010613 DH2348/XRIRG 19
.A SMSC1 010613 DH2348/USIRG 1
.A SMSC1 010613 DH2348/UDIRG 243
.A SMSC1 010613 DH2348/URIRG 298
.A SDRC1 010613 DH2349/PCIRG 10.46
.A SDRC1 010613 DH2349/TAIRG 75
.A SDRC1 010613 DH2349/XRIRG 21
.A SDRC1 010613 DH2349/USIRG 8
.A SDRC1 010613 DH2349/UDIRG 51
.A SDRC1 010613 DH2349/URIRG 102
.A PUCC1 010613 DH2349/HGIRG 8.12
.A BSFC1 010613 DH2300/HGIRG .00
.A BSFC1 010613 DH2300/TAIRG 56
.A WITC1 010613 DH2349/PCIRG 25.83
.A WITC1 010613 DH2349/TAIRG 83
.A WITC1 010613 DH2349/XRIRG 18
.A WITC1 010613 DH2349/USIRG 7
.A WITC1 010613 DH2349/UDIRG 341
.A WITC1 010613 DH2349/URIRG 307
.A KNLC1 010613 DH2350/HGIRG 18.63
.E DLTC1 010613 DH2300/HGIRG/DIN15/4.50/4.50/4.50/4.50
.E DLTC1 010613 DH2315/TAIRG/DIN30/ 83/ 84
.A LSNC1 010613 DH2350/PCIRG 24.12
.A LSNC1 010613 DH2350/TAIRG 77
.A LSNC1 010613 DH2350/XRIRG 21
.A LSNC1 010613 DH2350/USIRG 4
.A LSNC1 010613 DH2350/UDIRG 303
.A LSNC1 010613 DH2350/URIRG 290
.E DCMC1 010613 DH2100/HGIRG/DIN15/66.92/66.92/66.92/66.92/66.91/66.91
.E1 66.91/66.91/66.90/66.90/66.90/66.90
.A FLVC1 010613 DH2351/HGIRG 51.01
.A TCKC1 010613 DH2351/PCIRG 18.75
.A TCKC1 010613 DH2351/TAIRG 88
.A TCKC1 010613 DH2351/XRIRG 10
.A TCKC1 010613 DH2351/USIRG 9
.A TCKC1 010613 DH2351/UDIRG 357
.A TCKC1 010613 DH2351/URIRG 343
.E CSYC1 010613 DH2100/HGIRG/DIN15/11.27/11.27/11.27/11.27/11.26/11.26
.E1 11.26/11.26/11.26/11.25/11.25/11.25
.A NYRC1 010613 DH2352/HGIRG 4.14
.A NYRC1 010613 DH2352/PCIRG .00
.A MFAC1 010613 DH2352/HGIRG 12.52Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
714 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0706 PM EXETER NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 FILLMORE REPORTED BY FILLMORE
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICELocal storm report, Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
833 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0620 PM 1 SE FAIRMONT NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 FILLMORE COOP OBSERVER
0735 PM 1 E DESHLER NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 THAYER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
a0805 PM 2 SW OHIOWA NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 FILLMORE CO EMERGENCY MANAGER
33The 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, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore | 34 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, 9:21 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.