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Tornado Watch 765

October 9, 20016 counties in Iowa; 23 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Oct 9, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 23 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 9, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMadison, Platte30 min
Oct 9, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMadison, Platte, Stanton46 min
Oct 9, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXStanton40 min
Oct 9, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOAXBoone, Platte3 hr
Oct 9, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming60 min
Oct 9, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming32 min
Oct 9, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXWayne36 min
Oct 9, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCuming, Dodge33 min
Oct 9, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOAXCedar33 min

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2001-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 941 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 2001-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Nuckolls and 3 more5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Nebraska, 2001Tornado Watches in Iowa, 2001Every tornado 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.