1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 24, 2:22 PM CST, 9 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 322 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001 MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT TONIGHT. 19Z MSAS DATA SHOWED ATMOSPHERE WAS DESTABILIZING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WITH LIFTED INDICES DOWN TO -7 NEAR GREAT BEND. BEST SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS ALSO LOCATED OUT IN THIS AREA. 22KM ETA-KF SUGGESTS CONVECTION WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN 21Z AND 00Z...WITH AN MCS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS BY 03Z. UNSURE ABOUT THE ETA-KF SOLUTION AS IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE 12Z NGM/ETA SOLUTIONS. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS....AND CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE BELOW 1.5 INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH MANY LOCATIONS BELOW AN INCH. AM TEMPTED TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 FOR TONIGHT...BUT ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY IN THE CONVECTIVE SITUATION TO LEAVE OUT FOR NOW. AFTER TONIGHT...FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY SIMPLE. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW ATMOSPHERE RAPIDLY DRYING OUT SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN REMAINING QUITE DRY INTO MONDAY. WILL GO WITH A DRY AND CLEAR FORECAST. NGM/FWC AND AVN BASED FAN AND MAV GUIDANCE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY CLOSE...AND GENERALLY USED A COMPROMISE OF THE THREE FOR TEMPERATURES. .TOP...NONE. 58
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:26 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house and started a fire that destroyed the house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2001
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: 5260125.