Kansas, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 30, 2001

August 30, 2001 · NWS GID · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • 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
3

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 9:15 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 9:15 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1015 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

SHRAS/TSRAS LINGERING IN SE CWA W/ DECENT CLOUD COVER OVER MUCH
OF SE 2/3RD. UPDATED TO BREAK OFF SE COUNTIES FOR TSRAS DURING
THE REST OF MORNING. W/ TSRA INDUCED COLD POOL IN MIDDLE OF CWA...
ALSO LOWERED HIGHS TODAY JUST A BIT. ACTUAL DEGREE OF WARMING FROM
I80 TO KS BORDER WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON DEGREE OF CLD EROSION
THIS AFTERNOON. FOR NOW...JUST LOWERED TO NEAR 80 ASSUMING SOME
AFTN SUNSHINE.

.GID...NONE.

GURNEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:15 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-302100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1115 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY OR TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING BRIEF...HEAVY DOWNPOURS TO AREAS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6 INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS
WILL GRADUALLY DIE OFF DURING THE REST OF THE DAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER
IS EXPECTED.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BORDER THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. AGAIN...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED WITH ANY
OF THESE STORMS.

GURNEY

The radar

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

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jewell

When
August 30, 1:50 PM CST
Where
Jewell County, Randall
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.633, -98.050

Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell

When
August 30, 2:20 PM CST
Where
Mitchell County, 6 mi E of Beloit
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.467, -98.000

Hail, Osborne

When
August 30, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Osborne County, 8 mi NE of Natoma
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.267, -98.917

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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

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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: 5265777, 5265778, 5265779.