High Wind, Clay
- When
- April 6, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -97.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, April 6 to 7, 2001
High winds, not associated with thunderstorms, developed over north central and northeast Kansas late in the evening of the 6th through the early morning of the 7th. The stronger winds occurred in the Clay Center, Pearl, Lawrence, Mc Clouth and Oskaloosa areas where speeds over 60 mph were indicated.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
High winds, not associated with thunderstorms, developed over north central and northeast Kansas late in the evening of the 6th through the early morning of the 7th. The stronger winds occurred in the Clay Center, Pearl, Lawrence, Mc Clouth and Oskaloosa areas where speeds over 60 mph were indicated.
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 6, 12:55 PM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 12:55 PM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 155 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001 SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL MAIN CONCERN BUT THAT ONLY IN EARLY PART OF FORECAST. INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR MAJOR SVR WEATHER OUTBREAK THROUGH THIS EVENING. STG WIND FIELDS APPEAR SUFFICIENT FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HELICITY VALUES AND INSTABILITY GOOD FOR ISOLD TORNADOS AT LEAST INTO EARLY EVENING. LATER EVENING BECOMES MORE A WIND EVENT. SQUALL LINE MOVES THROUGH LATE EVENING SCOURING OUT MOISTURE...BUT WITH SFC LOW STILL INTENSIFYING...WINDY CONDS WILL PERSIST. GRADIENT STILL SUFFICIENT FOR WINDY CONDS IN THE MORNING...BUT RELAXES IN THE AFTERNOON FOR DMSHG WINDS. LTL OF CONSEQUENCE UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT...WHEN QUESTION IS WHETHER MOISTURE IS SUFFICIENT FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF TSTMS. FOR NOW WILL HOLD WITH DRY FORECAST...THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL LEAN TOWARD MAV NUMBERS RE. TEMPERATURE FORECAST. .TOP...NONE$
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 6, 9:05 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1005 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0957 PM 3 SW TESCOTT KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 OTTAWALocal storm report, Apr 6, 9:32 PM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1032 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 PM 4 ESE GLASCO KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 CLOUD
1010 PM TESCOTT KS WIND DAMAGE
04/06/01 OTTAWA POWER LINES DOWN.
1023 PM 4 SE CONCORDIA KS s70 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 CLOUD
1026 PM 5 ENE GLASCO KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 CLOUDLocal storm report, Apr 6, 9:49 PM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1049 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1034 PM LAMAR KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 OTTAWA
1035 PM 2 E AGENDA KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 REPUBLIC
1035 PM 11 W PALMER KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 WASHIjNGTONLocal storm report, Apr 6, 9:54 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1054 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 PM AURORA KS NON TSTM WINDS
04/06/01 CLOUD 70 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
1050 PM 2 SW CLIFTON KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 CLAYLocal storm report, Apr 6, 10:00 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1100 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM 2 NE SOLOMON KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 DICKINSONLocal storm report, Apr 6, 10:05 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1105 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 PM 8 SW MORROWVILLE KS 80 MPH TSTM GUST
04/06/01 WASHINGTONThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 6, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 6, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dickinson
- When
- April 6, 11:09 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -97.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 7, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 6, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 6, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 6, 2001
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 6, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, April 6, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 6, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 6 to 30, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, April 6 to 30, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 6 to 30, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, April 6 to 30, 2001
- Flood in Minnesota, April 6 to 27, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 6, 2001
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5240010, 5240011, 5240012, 5240013, 5240014.