3 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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.
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 8:48 PM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 948 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 ...UPDATED... HIGH BASED CNVTN THAT DVLP ARND SUNSET W OF DRYLN NOW TAKING SHAPE OF SQUALL LN AS IT ENCOUNTERS DEEPER LO LVL MSTR OVR DRYLN. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS FM 00Z OUN AND LAPS TO OUR SW WOULD SUGGEST MUCAPES ARND 2000 J/KG TO OUR SW ACRS NWRN OKLA. MAIN SQUALL LN STILL LOOKS TO COME OUT ACRS WRN CWA AFT 06Z...BUT SOME ELEVATED INSTBY/LO LVL JET MAY ALLOW FOR SCT CNVTN AHD OF THE LN. GENLY...LTL CHG TO FCST NEEDED. STGR LINEAR FORCING SHOULD ACCELERATE LN ACRS THE CWA DURING THE PREDAWN HRS...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE PRIMARY SVR THREAT. DARMOFAL .ICT...NONE.
KSZ032-033-047-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1135 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 ...SEVERE WEATHER WATCH MESSAGE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR RUSSELL...LINCOLN AND BARTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125...IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT. KED
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110650- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1250 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA IS ACTIVATING OUR SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK. A SKYWARN OPERATOR IS MONITORING AREA NETWORKS. THE PRIMARY SKYWARN FREQUENCY IS 444.0 MHZ. EMERGENCY TRAFFIC WILL BE ON 146.82 MHZ. NNNN
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 121 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA IS ACTIVATING OUR SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK. A SKYWARN OPERATOR IS MONITORING AREA NETWORKS. THE PRIMARY SKYWARN FREQUENCY IS 146.94 MHZ. SECONDARY FREQUENCIES ARE ALSO BEING MONITORED AT 146.82 AND 145.13 MHZ. ALTHOUGH WE CAN EASILY HEAR SKYWARN NETS AS FAR NORTH AS RUSSELL, AND EAST TOWARDS CHANUTE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANTENNA IS ONLY AT 20 FEET AT THE CURRENT TIME, AND MAY HAVE TROUBLE TRANSMITTING. WE HOPE TO HAVE THE ANTENNA BACK UP TO FULL WORKING ORDER LATER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT. NOONAN NNNN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds associated with a wake low uprooted 2 trees and blew the roof off a shed 19 miles west, and 12 miles west, of Hutchinson, respectively.
Grain elevator damaged. Extent unknown.
Shed blown down.
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: 5235630, 5235627, 5235629, 5235628.