Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2001, 10:28 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2001, 10:28 PM MDT (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2001, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
640 WUUS53 KGLD 020428 SVRGLD NEC057-020530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1028 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1130 PM MDT * AT 1028 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF WRAY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR DETECTED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. $$ LAT...LON 4034 10205 4020 10204 4022 10142 4034 10146 COLEMAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 10:13 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 10:13 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1013 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001 ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE WATCH CANCELLATION AND TO REMOVE MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST 1/3 OF THE CWFA. MCS IS STILL ROLLING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWFA. MAY SEE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS YUMA COUNTY...SO ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA THROUGH 1230 AM MD T. .GLD...NONE. LOCKHART
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:13 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
713 PM MDT WED AUG 01 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM 4 NW ABARR CO .88 INCH HAIL
08/01/01 YUMA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-NEZ079>081-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 733 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN COLORADO... THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES ARE IN THIS WATCH...CHEYENNE... RAWLINS...DECATUR...SHERMAN...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...WALLACE...LOGAN... AND GOVE. IN COLORADO THE WATCH INCLUDES THESE COUNTIES...YUMA...KIT CARSON... AND CHEYENNE. THE WATCH ALSO COVERS THESE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...DUNDY... HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW. YOU CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES...FENCES...AND POLES. MAKE SURE THE PLACE YOU PICK IS NOT SUBJECT TO FLOODING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. DORN/MENTZER
Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
754 PM MDT WED AUG 01 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM 5 S JOES CO .75 INCH HAIL
08/01/01 YUMA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0725 PM 8 SW ECKLEY CO .75 INCH HAIL
08/01/01 YUMA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Aug 1, 9:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
914 PM MDT WED AUG 01 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 PM 9 S YUMA CO .88 INCH HAIL
08/01/01 YUMA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Aug 1, 9:37 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
937 PM MDT WED AUG 01 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0929 PM CLARKVILLE CO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/01/01 YUMA 2 TREE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:00 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-NEZ079>081-020415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1000 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2001 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN COLORADO HAS EXPIRED... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN COLORADO... SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH 230 AM MDT (330 AM CDT). HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED. MENTZER
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.