Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 10 to 11, 2001

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 10 to 11, 2001
Start: 2001-04-10T19:18
End: 2001-04-11T00:52
Location: Nebraska

April 10 to 11, 2001 · NWS GID · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Thunderstorms in the late evening developed in central Nebraska. These storms brought hail and gusty winds to the Loup River valley.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $71,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.

Thunderstorms in the late evening developed in central Nebraska. These storms brought hail and gusty winds to the Loup River valley. No damage was reported. Later in the night, thunderstorms moved northeast from northern Kansas into south-central Nebraska. These storms did produce 3 tornadoes. Two were only on the ground for a few moments, but the twister in Nuckolls county was on the ground for 12 miles. Most damage was to outbuildings, irrigation piping, trees and power poles. A house on the east side of Hebron was damaged. A man in the house sustained a few cuts from broken glass as he left the damaged home.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 12:45 PM CST, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 12:45 PM CST, 6 hours 33 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
145 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

...TSRA POTENTIAL THE NEXT 24 HRS IS THE MAIN CONCERN...

SMALL...BUT RELATIVELY POTENT...BATCH OF TSRAS PRODUCED SVR WX ACROSS
THE MIDDLE OF CWA THIS MORNING. THIS CLUSTER EFFECTIVELY PUSHED INVERTED
SFC TROF SOUTH TO NEAR THE NEB/KS BORDER...AT LEAST IN OUR CWA. FURTHER
SOUTH...WARM FRONT IS LIFTING THRU CNTRL KS W/ M60 DWPTS AS FAR NORTH AS
TOP/SLN. PLENTY OF TSRA ACTIVITY IN WARM SECTOR IN ERN KS...W/ WEAKER
RETURNS INTO OUR 6 NC CNTYS. AS WARM LIFTS INTO INVERTED TROF...EXPECT
TSRAS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTN INTO EVENING. THE BEST
POTENTIAL FOR SVR WX WILL BE OVER NC KS...BUT WILL ALSO WORK NORTH THRU
NEB CNTYS AS STRONG OVERRUNNING OF COOL SFC AIR TAKES PLACE TONIGHT W/
THE APPROACH OF POTENT UPPER LVL SYS CURRENTLY INDICATED CLEARING ON WV
IN AZ. EVENTUALLY EXPECT COOL LLVL AIR TO BE DISPLACED NORTH AS WELL
OVER MOST OF CWA.

WILL FOLLOW ETA W/ ITS SLIGHTLY BETTER HANDING OF LLVL MOISTURE INFLUX
W/ THE CAVIOT THAT IT DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE SWRD PUSH OF SFC TROF BY
AM TSRAS. REALLY...FCST PLAYS OUT ABOUT THE SAME USING ALL THE MDLS W/
BASIC SCENARIO OF TSRAS INCREASING IN COVERAGE THRU NC KS THIS AFTN &
SPREADING THRU NEB CNTYS THIS EVENING...SOME DRY SLOTTING OVERNIGHT...
THEN THE UPPER LO LIFTS NE OVER CWA TOMR...W/ POTENTIAL FOR SVR WX...
INCLUDING TORNADOS INTO EARLY AFTN...WHEN SYS PASSES NE AND A STRONG W
TO NW WIND DRIES THINGS OUT. WHEN ALL THINGS ARE SAID AND DONE...ONLY
NEED TO TWEEK CURRENT FCST. WILL HAVE TO REWORD TEMPS TONIGHT AS 40S
IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF NRN/CNTRL CWA WILL BE REPLACED BY 50S TONIGHT.
WILL UP TEMPS TOMR AS WELL...ESP SE 1/2 OF CWA BASED ON PROGGED TRACK
OF SFC LO AND SOUTH WINDS FCST THRU EARLY AFTN.

AS FOR EXTENDED...WONT PLAY W/ MUCH. AS PER PMDEPD...SOME DIFFICULTY
W/ NEXT WAVE THAT DROPS IN BEHIND CURRENT SYS. I AM INCLINED TO LEAVE
FCST DRY. I EXPECT 2ND SYS TO HAVE ALOT OF TROUBLE MAINTAINING ITSELF
AS IT WORKS EAST INTO CONFLUENT FLOW LEFT IN BEHIND CURRENT BIG STORM.
OTHERWISE...A TREND TOWARD WARMER WX BY WEEKEND AFTER COOLER READINGS
INVADE LATE WED INTO THU IN WAKE OF AZ UPPER LO.

.GID...NONE.

GURNEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:04 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-102300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
504 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NUMBER 116 EXPIRED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXPIRED AT 5 PM.
THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT...AND SOME OF THOSE COULD
BE SEVERE. STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM YOUR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MORITZ

Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:31 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
531 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1020 AM    3 N YORK                  NE    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   YORK

1025 AM    3 W GRESHAM               NE    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   YORK

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:35 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-110230-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
535 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT.  UNTIL 8
PM...MOST AREAS WILL SEE PERIODS OF DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN AND PATCHY
FOG.  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN AREAS EAST
OF HIGHWAY 281.

AFTER 8 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
IN COVERAGE AS A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES INTO WESTERN KANSAS.  THE STORMS WILL
DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS KANSAS...AND THEN REACH NEBRASKA AS
THEY RAPIDLY TRACK NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY.  THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO
ADVANCE NORTHEAST INTO NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY...AND THEN EXIT
INTO IOWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  IN ADDITION TO POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER WEDNESDAY...EXPECT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY
AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO 45 MPH.

LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY TONIGHT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION.

FAY

The radar

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Event by event

3 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sherman

When: April 10, 7:18 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Rockville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.117, -98.850

Hail, Howard

When: April 10, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Howard County, 3 mi WNW of Farwell
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.233, -98.683

Thunderstorm Wind, Nance

When: April 10, 8:36 PM CST
Where: Nance County, 4 mi W of Fullerton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.367, -98.067

Tornado, Webster

When: April 11, 12:12 AM CST to 12:15 AM CST
Where: Webster County, 3 mi SW of Red Cloud Arpt
Rating: F0
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 25 yd
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 40.067, -98.517

Brief tornado that damaged some irrigation pipe, outbuilding and trees.

Tornado, Nuckolls

When: April 11, 12:39 AM CST to 12:49 AM CST
Where: Nuckolls County, 2 mi S of Mt Clare
Rating: F1
Path length: 12 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 40.150, -98.217

Tornado stayed mainly in open country

Tornado, Thayer

When: April 11, 12:49 AM CST to 12:52 AM CST
Where: Thayer County, 1 mi SE of Hebron
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 75 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 40.150, -97.567

Brief tornado on the east side of Hebron

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Nebraska, 2001 Warnings in Nebraska, April 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5239375, 5239376, 5239377, 5239378, 5239379, 5239380.