Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 14, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 14, 2001
Start: 2001-04-14T16:25
End: 2001-04-14T16:45
Location: Kansas

April 14, 2001 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 14, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
418 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

SEVERE WEATHER LIMITING DISCUSSION.

STRONG OVERRUNING OF SURFACE BOUNDARY AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE HAS LEAD
TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
70...AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON.  MAINLY HAIL BEING
REPORTED.

UPPER WAVE EJECTING ACROSS CWA DURING THE EVENING WITH MODELS
SHOWING LIFT GENERALLY EAST OF CWA BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.  WILL KEEP
THE SCATTERED STORMS GOING UNTIL THAT TIME...GUIDANCE LOWS IN THE
MIDDLE 40S TO LOWER 50S LOOK OK.

SUNDAY...BREAK IN ACTION WITH COOLER AIR SETTLLING ACROSS CWA.  H850
MB WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS IN THE AM...WILL GO BREEZY WITH HIGHS 65 TO
70 MOST AREAS.

INCREASING CLOUDS SUNDAY NIGHT.  GOING MORE WITH AVN MODEL.
NORTHERN STREAM BECOMES ACTIVE AND SWEEPS ACROSS CWA MONDAY.  WILL
GO WITH SOME 30 TO 40 POPS FOR NOW AND GIVEN H850 MB TEMPS...MENTION
SOME FLURRIES POSSIBLE IN THE AM OVER THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES.
WILL HAVE PRECIP OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL AND FAR NORTHERNN COUNTIES
MAINLY IN THE AM.  FAVORING MORE OF A COMPROMISE ON HIGHS AND LOWS WITH
MAV/FAN.

.TOP.K..NONE

PF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:39 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
439 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0435 PM    2 N TALMO                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:54 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
454 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
c
0445 PM    WOODBINE                  KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   DICKINSON

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:57 PM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
457 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
n
0455 PM    3 S NARKA                 KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:05 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
505 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0455 PM    WHITE CITY                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   MORRIS

0457 PM    7 SE BELLEVILLE           KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   REPUBLIC

0500 PM    MAHASKA                   KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WASHINGTON

0502 PM    5 S JUNCTION CITY         KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   GEARY

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:13 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
513 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0507 PM    PARKERVILLE               KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   MORRIS

Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:16 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
516 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
P
0513 PM    DWIGHT                    KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   MORRIS

0514 PM    2 NW HADDAM               KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WASHINGTON

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Wabaunsee

When: April 14, 4:25 PM CST
Where: Wabaunsee County, 4 mi N of Maple Hill
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.083, -96.033

Hail, Wabaunsee

When: April 14, 4:25 PM CST
Where: Wabaunsee County, Maple Hill
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.867, -96.483

Hail, Wabaunsee

When: April 14, 4:26 PM CST
Where: Wabaunsee County, Alta Vista
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.133, -95.950

Hail, Shawnee

When: April 14, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Shawnee County, Rossville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.067, -96.167

Thunderstorm Wind, Wabaunsee

When: April 14, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Wabaunsee County, Paxico
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.133, -96.033

Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a junior high school.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5240386, 5240453, 5240454, 5240455, 5240131.