Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- August 30, 1:44 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Lawrence
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.967, -95.233
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 30, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 2
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 Aug 30, 1:36 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:36 PM CST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 236 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001 PRECIPITATION CHANCES TONIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE THE MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST. COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO CWA AT START OF FORECAST PERIOD ALONG WITH SOME UPPER SUPPORT IS THE MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT. BUT SYSTEM SHOULD BE TO OUR SOUTH BY FRIDAY WITH DRY WEATHER THEREAFTER. ANOTHER WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT BUT TIMING IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT AND GUIDANCE POPS REMAIN LOW SO WILL KEEP THINGS DRY FOR NOW. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...COOLER READINGS IS THE MAIN STORY. GUIDANCE CONSENSUS AND CURRENT FORECAST ARE CLOSE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT SO WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF THOSE TWO INGREDIENTS ON THIS PACKAGE. REGARDING THE EXTENDED...WILL GO DRY EXCEPT ON THURSDAY WHEN A CHANCE CATEGORY WILL BE INCERTED DUE TO RETURNING FLOW. SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. .TOP...NONE. 34
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morris
- When
- August 30, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County, 5 mi W of Council Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -96.583
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Rip Current in California, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
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: 5260127, 5260128.