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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Omaha, NE

June 13, 2001Cuming County, Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 7:42 PM CDT for Cuming County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 13, 2001, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cuming County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDTHail 2.5Wisner, NEThe hail caused extensive crop damage near Wisner.
Jun 13, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EWisner, NEThunderstorm wind gusts caused tree damage near Wisner.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4371 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

000 
WFUS53 KOAX 140043
TOROMA
NEC039-140130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG
  ROTATION AND A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEMER...OR
  ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  BEEMER...WISNER
  BANCROFT...MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 275

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE WILL OCCUR 
WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT
IS NOT AVAILABLE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4182 9704 4173 9687 4201 9656 4209 9687

MEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax22 min
Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCuming37 min
Jun 13, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSeward36 min
Jun 13, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXThurston, Wayne33 min
Jun 13, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax, Dodge27 min
Jun 13, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSeward45 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler, Lancaster, Saunders, Seward43 min
Jun 13, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Thurston, Wayne34 min
Jun 13, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCuming31 min
Jun 13, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler31 min
Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSaunders32 min
Jun 13, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson46 min
Jun 13, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXThurston26 min
Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward21 min
Jun 13, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXColfax32 min
Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXButler27 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDodge, Douglas, Saunders33 min
Jun 13, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXWashington33 min
Jun 13, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson51 min
Jun 13, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXDodge, Saunders42 min
Jun 13, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward35 min
Jun 13, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline32 min
Jun 13, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXBurt42 min
Jun 13, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline46 min
Jun 13, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline, Seward45 min
Jun 14, 12:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXCuming6 hr
Jun 14, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster, Saunders26 min
Jun 14, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSeward30 min
Jun 14, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline28 min
Jun 14, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXSaline33 min
Jun 14, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXSaline, Seward3 hr
Jun 14, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXWashington3 hr
Jun 14, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXLancaster33 min
Jun 14, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXJefferson3 hr
Jun 14, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXSaline, Seward4 hr
Jun 14, 6:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson4 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.