Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2001, 10:40 PM CDT for Gage County, Jefferson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2001, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Fairbury, NE | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated between 60 and 70 mph knocked tree limbs down in town. |
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 6, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 770 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KOAX 070341 SVROMA NEC067-095-070415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1040 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEATRICE JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEELE CITY...OR ABOUT 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED... DILLER...STEELE CITY...HARBINE...ENDICOTT PLYMOUTH...BLUE SPRINGS...WYMORE BEATRICE...VIRGINIA WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDxAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 3981 9738 3970 9719 4025 9644 4036 9725 $$ FOBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Cuming, Thurston | 29 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.