Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 124

April 10, 200115 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 10, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Ellis County, KS, Graham County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Smith County, KS, Trego County, KS, Adams County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Platte, Stanton43 min
Apr 10, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego67 min
Apr 10, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham39 min
Apr 10, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks50 min
Apr 10, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks52 min
Apr 11, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith42 min
Apr 11, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee53 min
Apr 11, 12:24 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith51 min
Apr 11, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick46 min
Apr 11, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell44 min
Apr 11, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster39 min
Apr 11, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell38 min
Apr 11, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk52 min
Apr 11, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic38 min
Apr 11, 1:11 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDWebster49 min
Apr 11, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls47 min
Apr 11, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXMadison, Platte45 min
Apr 11, 1:29 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls31 min
Apr 11, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer59 min
Apr 11, 1:41 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic, Washington34 min
Apr 11, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic, Washington44 min

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more5 hr
Apr 11, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 20 more4 hr
Apr 11, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more5 hr
Apr 11, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 13 more5 hr
Apr 11, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDoniphan5 hr
Apr 11, 9:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCDoniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte6 hr
Apr 11, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax and 30 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Nebraska, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001

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.