Kansas, 2001Tornado in Kansas, April 11, 2001
April 11, 2001 · NWS TOP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 2:00 PM CST, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:00 PM CST, 10 hours 18 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, 1 hour 34 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
Tornado, Republic
- When
- April 11, 12:18 AM CST to 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Republic County, 1 mi SW of Courtland
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.767, -97.917
A tornado moved from east central Jewell County into Republic County and struck the town of Courtland before dissipating near the town of Republic. Considerable damage occurred to power lines and farm outbuildings along the path of the tornado. Considerable damage occurred to several buildings in the town of Courtland as well.
- 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
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 11, 20012 injured · $400,000 · F2 · 1 event
- 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
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: 5240232.