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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE

April 10, 2001Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2001, 11:38 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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: Apr 10, 2001, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2001, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

County Rooks County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 10, 11:38 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Plainville, KS
Apr 10, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Plainville, KS
Apr 10, 11:45 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Palco, KS

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
Apr 10, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

375 
WFUS53 KGID 110440
TORGRI
KSC163-110530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1138 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER PALCO...OR ABOUT 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PALCO AT 1145 PM CDT
  DAMAR AT 1145 PM CDT
  ZURICH AT 1150 PM CDT
  WEBSTER STATE PARK AT MIDNIGHT CDT
  CODELL AT 1210 AM CDT
  STOCKTON AT 1220 AM CDT
  WOODSTON AT 1230 AM CDT

PEOPLE IN ROOKS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME...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.

$$

LAT...LON 3909 10005 3896 9988 3921 9911 3953 9907
          3954 9960
DDN

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	50 min
Apr 11, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	42 min
Apr 11, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Smith	51 min
Apr 11, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	44 min
Apr 11, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	38 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.