Kansas, 2001

Lightning Strike in Kansas, April 14, 2001

April 14, 2001 · NWS TOP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$4,000
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 14, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 27 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, 3:54 PM CST, 51 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, 48 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, 40 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, 32 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, 29 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
Local storm report, Apr 14, 4:30 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
530 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

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

0526 PM    ALTA VISTA                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/14/01   WABAUNSEE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Dickinson

When
April 14, 4:45 PM CST
Where
Dickinson County, 1 mi N of Abilene
Property damage
$4,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
38.867, -97.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck a vehicle on Interstate 70 just north of Abilene. The motorist was traveling west on the interstate when the incident occurred. The vehicle was totaled but the lone occupant who was the driver was uninjured.

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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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: 5240708.