Hail and Lightning Strike in Kansas, April 10, 2001

Name: Hail and Lightning Strike in Kansas, April 10, 2001
Start: 2001-04-10T11:57
End: 2001-04-10T12:13
Location: Kansas

April 10, 2001 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 1 county or zone

4 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $8,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 3:01 AM CST, 8 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:01 AM CST, 8 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
401 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TODAY AND TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES THROUGH
THE PERIOD ARE MAIN CONCERNS.

NARROW BAND OF STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN
COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL GROUP.  PROFILER WINDS CONTINUE TO SHOW
GOOD INFLOW SO ACTIVITY LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.  OTHERWISE
CWA REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE IN THE LOW LAYERS.  SATELLITE SHOWING ANOTHER
IMPULSE EJECTING FROM NEW MEXICO OUT INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA.  AT 18Z MODELS
SHOWING LIKELY THIS IMPULSE INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF STATE.  THUS
WILL KEEP LIKELY MENTION ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCE FOR THE DAY ACROSS
THE CWA.  ETA PUSHING CAPES INTO THE 2000 RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF CWA
BY THE AFTERNOON HOUR.  ALL MODELS PUSHING SURFACE FRONT NOW
ENTERING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF STATE...NORTH TO ALONG THE NEBRASKA
BORDER BY EVENING.  CONCERNS ARE BOUNDARIES FROM MORNING CONVECTION
AND HOW MUCH THEY WILL HINDER PROGRESS.  GIVEN YESTERDAYS
READING...MODEL GUIDANCE LOOKS OK FOR HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON...ALSO
GIVEN THAT BOUNDARY WORKS NORTH.  BEYOND 24 HOURS MODELS GOING
SOMEWHAT SEPARATE WAYS...FAVORING MORE THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AVN
ALONG WITH ETA.

GOOD MOISTURE SOURCE CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT ALONG WITH MAIN
WAVE...MID LEVEL OMEGA INCREASING...AFTER COORDINATION UPPED POPS TO
AROUND 80 PERCENT.  STILL MENTIONING SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK A TAD TOO COLD OVER THE
EAST.  WINDS INTO THE AT LEAST THE BREEZY RANGE.

ON WEDNESDAY...MAIN WAVE EJECTS NORTHEAST WITH DRY SLOT PUSHING IN
BEHIND.  HAVE POPS MAINLY IN THE AM OVER THE EASTERN CWA.  COULD SEE
SOME WRAP AROUND CONVECTION IN THE NORTH CENTRAL THUS MENTIONED
EARLY MORNING POP AND AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.  H850 MB WIND IN THE
45 TO 60 KT RANGE AND THUS KEPT MENTIONED OF WINDY...WITH VERY WINDY
FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL.  GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK TOO COOL AGAIN GIVEN THE
WESTERLY TRAJECTORY AND KEEP GOING FORECAST OR A TAD WARMER.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD SEE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH.  WENT MORE WITH
COMPROMISE ON LOWS OR LEANING TO WARMER FAN NUMBERS.

.TOP...NONE
FRANTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:22 AM CST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1222 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

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

1115 AM    5 NE ADMIRE               KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1115 AM    5 W ADMIRE                KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1125 AM    6 N ADMIRE                KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1148 AM    5 NE OSAGE CITY           KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   OSAGE

1158 AM    SILVER LAKE               KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SHAWNEE

1203 PM    1 SW OVERBROOK            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   OSAGE

1210 PM    GLOBE                     KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS

Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:32 AM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1232 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

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

1230 PM    BALDWIN                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS

Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:37 AM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1237 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

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

1236 PM    EMPORIA                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:53 AM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1253 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

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

1251 PM    6 NNE GLOBE               KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/10/01   DOUGLAS

Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:54 AM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1254 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

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

1250 PM    6 N EMPORIA               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:55 AM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1255 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

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

1115 AM    5 NE ADMIRE               KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1115 AM    5 W ADMIRE                KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1125 AM    6 N ADMIRE                KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1148 AM    5 NE OSAGE CITY           KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   OSAGE

1158 AM    SILVER LAKE               KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   SHAWNEE

1203 PM    1 SW OVERBROOK            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   OSAGE

1210 PM    GLOBE                     KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS

1230 PM    BALDWIN                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   DOUGLAS

1236 PM    EMPORIA                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1250 PM    6 N EMPORIA    (           KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01   LYON

1251 PM    6 NNE GLOBE               KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/10/01   DOUGLAS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Douglas

When: April 10, 11:57 AM CST
Where: Douglas County, Lawrence
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.967, -95.233

Hail, Douglas

When: April 10, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 1 mi N of Lawrence
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 38.983, -95.233

Lightning, Douglas

When: April 10, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, Lawrence
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck a house doing significant damage.

Hail, Douglas

When: April 10, 12:12 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 6 mi WNW of Eudora
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.983, -95.200

Hail, Douglas

When: April 10, 12:13 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 2 mi E of Lawrence
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.967, -95.200

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, 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: 5240113, 5240114, 5240115, 5240116, 5240117.