Nebraska, 2001Tornado in Nebraska, April 11, 2001
April 11, 2001 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 2:06 PM CST, 11 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:06 PM CST, 11 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
306 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH
WED...RAINFALL...TEMPS...AND WINDS AS A MAJOR CYCLONE MOVES
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.
IN THE SHORT TERM...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR FROM AMA N.E. TO TOP
AT 850 MB WAS UNDERESTIMATED BY MODELS. ETA AGAIN SEEMS TO LOSE
SOME OF THE MOISTURE WHILE AVN REMAINS MOIST. THIS AIR ADVECTING
NWD UNDER A SERIES OF RIPPLES IN THE UPPER JET HAS RESULTED IN
REPEAT TSTM DEVELOPMENT AND SLOWED TIEH NWD ADVANCE OF THE WARM
FRONT. AS THIS PROCESS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE WITH UPPER DIFL LIKELY
INCREASING AHEAD OF MAIN LOW OVERNIGHT...THE PROSPECTS FOR SVR WX
WILL CONTINUE. ALSO THINK THE MODELS WILL REMAIN TOO FAST WITH THE
WARM FRONT. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT STORMS SHOW FAST
MOVEMENT...SO WILL NOT HEADLINE FOR NOW.
ETA AND AVN ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT ON POSITIONS OF LOW AT SFC
AND ALOFT THRU 36 HRS...WITH ETA FASTER AFTER THAT. DESPITE THESE
SIMILARITIES...THE AVN IS FASTER IN LIFTING THE DRY SLOT INTO OUR
AREA WEDNESDAY. WILL TAKE A COMPROMISE SOLUTION.
WIND WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM WED AND WED NIGHT AS THE STRONG LOW
MOVES THROUGH ERN NEB THEN MN. GRADIENT DOES NOT LOOK QUITE AS
TIGHT AS LAST SYSTEM...SO FAR. WINDS SHOULD DIE OUT GRADUALLY ON
THU AS WINDS ARE COUNTERACTED BY A DYING GRADIENT.
THU. NIGHT LOOKS COOL AND DRY PER GUIDANCE...WITH NO BIG CHANGES TO
EXTENDED.
.OMA...NONE.
POLLACK
Tornado, Gage
- When
- April 11, 1:40 AM CST to 1:43 AM CST
- Where
- Gage County, 1 mi SW of Virginia
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -96.500
A tornado caused extensive damage in Virginia with most of the damage occurring along a 4 block long and 1 block wide stretch through the center of town. One house was almost completely destroyed causing minor injuries to 2 people living there. Six other homes and businesses sustained extensive damage, and trees and other debris were scattered all over the community.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 11, 20012 deaths · 8 injured · $3.2 million · F3 · 53 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 11, 2001$10 million · 19 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 11, 2001$100,000 · F2 · 9 events
- High Wind in Kansas, April 11 to 12, 2001$4.0 million · 74 kt wind · 23 events
- High Wind in Colorado, April 11, 2001$6.1 million · 69 kt wind · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 2001$404,000 · F1 · 33 events
- Blizzard in Colorado, April 11, 2001$4.0 million · 1 event
- Blizzard in Colorado, April 11, 2001$3.1 million · 5 events
- High Wind in Kansas, April 11, 20012 injured · $750,000 · 65 kt wind · 16 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 11 to 14, 2001$89,000 · F1 · 31 events
- High Wind in Kansas, April 11, 2001$500,000 · 72 kt wind · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Michigan, April 11 to 12, 2001$455,000 · F0 · 13 events
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: 5239638.