Damaging Wind and High Wind in Kansas, April 11, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind and High Wind in Kansas, April 11, 2001
Start: 2001-04-11T01:15
End: 2001-04-11T04:30
Location: Kansas

April 11, 2001 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Winds not related to thunderstorms reached speeds over 90 mph for a time and did considerable damage to buildings and power lines in the affected counties.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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: $35,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.

Winds not related to thunderstorms reached speeds over 90 mph for a time and did considerable damage to buildings and power lines in the affected counties.

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, 2:00 PM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:00 PM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes before

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:44 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

KSZ008-020-034-110530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1144 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 AM FOR REPUBLIC...CLOUD AND OTTAWA COUNTIES
IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124...ISSUED EARLIER FOR
REPUBLIC AND CLOUD COUNTIES...HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 125...AND NOW ALSO INCLUDES OTTAWA COUNTY.

SD

Local storm report, Apr 11, 12:29 AM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
129 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
q
0128 AM    SCANDIA                   KS    65 MPH TSTM GUST
04/11/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 11, 12:48 AM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
148 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
g
0135 AM    3 S (CNK)BLOSSER APT CONCORDIA
                                     KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/11/01   CLOUD

Local storm report, Apr 11, 1:04 AM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
204 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

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

0139 AM    3 ENE BELLEVILLE          KS    60+ MPH TSTM GUST
04/11/01   REPUBLIC

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:13 UTC.

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Event by event

4 high wind, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: April 11, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Washington County, 8 mi E of Hollenburg
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.983, -96.850

Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn.

High Wind, Coffey

When: April 11, 3:30 AM CST to 4:30 AM CST
Where: Coffey forecast zone
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.237, -95.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Franklin

When: April 11, 3:30 AM CST to 4:30 AM CST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lyon

When: April 11, 3:30 AM CST to 4:30 AM CST
Where: Lyon forecast zone
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.456, -96.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Osage

When: April 11, 3:30 AM CST to 4:30 AM CST
Where: Osage forecast zone
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

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.
High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5240244, 5240245, 5240246, 5240247, 5240248.