Kansas, 2001

Heat in Kansas, August 1 to 5, 2001

August 1 to 5, 2001 · NWS EAX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

August 1st through August 5th. Afternoon heat indices ranged from 105 to 113 degrees.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 EAX wrote it up.

Excessive heat and humidity dominated the weather across eastern Kansas...August 1st through August 5th. Afternoon heat indices ranged from 105 to 113 degrees.

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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 12:45 PM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 12:45 PM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
145 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2001

PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE HEAT AND POPS LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

HIGH DEW POINTS...75 TO 80...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S
ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY WILL NECESSITATE HEAT
WARNINGS DUE TO THE LENGTH OF TIME...3 DAYS OF HAVING HEAT INDICES
ABOVE 105. INDICATIONS ARE FOR THE RIDGE TO BACK UP TO THE WEST AND
BE CENTERED OVER CWA WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL MAKE FOR WARMER
CONDITIONS.

MODELS AGREE ON BRINGING VERY WEAK FRONT INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY....THEY ONLY DIFFER IN DEPTH OF
PENETRATION INTO THE CWA. IN ANY CASE THE MAIN PUSH FOR BOUNDARY
WILL BE TO THE EAST AND BOUNDARY WILL ONLY SAG INTO NRN ZONES BEFORE
DISSIPATING. WILL BRING POPS TO FAR NORTH CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
LINGER INTO THURSDAY.  FORECAST SOUNDING SHOW CAP ERODING...AND WITH
MOD INSTABILITY...WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT TO TRIGGER A FEW
RW/TRW. WITH WEAK CAP AND LIGHT NWLY FLO ALOFT DEVELOPING THUR...ANY
RW/TRW WHICH DEVELOPS ACR NRN ZONES THURS AFTN TO DRIFT INTO SRN
ZONES THURS NGT. FNT TO LIFT NORTH ON FRIDAY...ENDING THREAT OF
PRECIP.

PARTIAL CLOUD CVR AND FNT WL PROVIDE ONLY SLIGHT RELIEF FM THE HEAT
AT BEST. AS A RESULT...WL EXTEND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING INTO THURS.

IN THE EXTENDED...LATEST AVN SIMILIAR TO MRF IN BUILDING UPR RDG
INTO NRN PLAINS. BY LATE THIS WEEKEND...A DEEP EASTERLY FETCH WL
PREVAIL WHICH WL SUPPORT LTL COOLER TEMPS. LATEST AVN SUGGEST H8
TEMPS COOLING TO AROUND 20 CELSIUS. THIS APPEARS REASONABLE...BUT
MAY BE A LTL TOO COOL.

.EAX...
KS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGk ALL ZONES THROUGH THUR.
MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING ALL ZONES THROUGH THUR.

JACQUES/DB

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

7 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Atchison

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Atchison forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.532, -95.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Doniphan

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Doniphan forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Johnson

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Johnson forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Leavenworth

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Leavenworth forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Linn

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Linn forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.212, -94.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Miami

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Miami forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Wyandotte

When
August 1, 12:00 AM CST to August 5, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Wyandotte forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.115, -94.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 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: 5264689, 5265287, 5265288, 5265289, 5265290, 5265291, 5265292.