Strong thunderstorms developed over eastern Kansas the morning of the 10th and continued well into the afternoon. Many became severe and produced numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorms developed over eastern Kansas the morning of the 10th and continued well into the afternoon. Many became severe and produced numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds.
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, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 3 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN TEMPERATURES AND WIND ARE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING LOW OVER WESTCENTRAL KANSAS WITH WARM FRONT EAST FROM THE LOW NOW LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. SHORTWAVE OVER NORTHERN OK LIFTING NORTHEAST IS HELPING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. WOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER THE AREA TO LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WITH A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED BEFORE MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OFF TO THE WEST ALONG DRYLINE THEN SWING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH THE NIGHT. INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET AND SHEAR WITH DYNAMIC FORCING AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM STILL SUPPORTS MORE SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TONIGHT...SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION POSSIBLE SEVERE IN THE ZONES TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT MAY STILL PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL...EXPECT IT TO BE BRIEF AND FAST MOVING. MODELS ALSO INDICATING THE HEAVIER RAINFALL TONIGHT TO THE BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA. THEREFORE, WILL NOT GO WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME...BUT STILL MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE ZONES. DRY SLOT COMES INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA IN THE MORNING AND PROGRESSES EASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH MIDDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME WRAPAROUND STILL POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHCENTRAL...EXPECT MOST PRECIP TO OCCUR PRIOR TO THE SLOT SLOT IN THE MORNING HOURS WITH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION EXPECTED TO THE EAST OF THE CWA. WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS FOR TUESDAY WORDED AS MAINLY IN THE MORNING. WILL GO WELL ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE AND EVEN FAN WITH HIGHS GENERALLY 70 TO 75. WILL GO WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ALTHOUGH MID SHIFT WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE WIND ADVISORIES WED INTO WED NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TREND OF HIGHS COOLING INTO THE 60S THURSDAY WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S. .TOP...NONE 63
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
105 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1257 PM LAWRENCE KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
119 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0112 PM 6 WNW EUDORA KS 1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
132 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0126 PM 4 W LECOMPTON KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
133 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
1257 PM LAWRENCE KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLAS
1257 PM LAWRENCE KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLAS
0112 PM 6 WNW EUDORA KS 1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLAS
0126 PM 4 W LECOMPTON KS .88 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLAS
0128 PM 4 W PERRY V KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 JEFFERSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
307 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0113 PM 2 E LAWRENCE KS 1 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 DOUGLASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
400 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0356 PM LE LOUP KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/10/01 FRANKLINThe Topeka radar (KTWX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds overturned boat docks at Tutle Creek resevoir totally destroying them. Six boats were also damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2001
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: 5240128, 5240129, 5240130.