Kansas, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 12, 2001

July 12, 2001 · NWS EAX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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  • 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
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 12, 12:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 12:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 AM CDT THU JUL 12 2001

MAIN FCST CONCERN IS IN THE SHORT TERM. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS
SFC LO IN SERN CO WITH STNRY FNT XTNDING EAST INTO SERN KS AND XTRM
SRN MO. PROFILERS INDICATE H8 BNDRY FURTHER NORTH IN NRN KS EAST
INTO CNTRL MO. MOIST IMAGERY AND EVE UPR AIR ALSO DEPICTS WEAK
SHRTWV IN ERN NEB WITH MOIST TROPICAL PLUME FROM CO TO NRN KS AND
NRN MO. MODELS DEPICT PRECIP WATER VALUES ACR SWRN ONE HALF OF CWA
FM 2-2.2 INCHES FROM 06Z-18Z. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE QUICKLY DEVELOP IN
NWRN MO AND NERN KS IN AREA OF INCREASING ISENT LIFT ON 310K SFC.
ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY NOT IMPRESSIVE...SHEAR PROFILER AND SHOWALTER
INDICES FM -2 TO -4 SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE HAIL. IN
ADDITION...XPCT CONVECTION TO ORGANIZE INTO AN MCS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS A THREAT AS IT TRACKS SE TOWARD SRN MO/SERN KS. SFC-3KM SHR
VECTOR OF 29040KT VERY FAVORABLE FOR STG MCS BY 12Z. ONLY QUESTION
IS HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR COLD POOL DYNAMICS TO INITIATE DEVELOP
OF MCS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO A THREAT AND HAVE ISSUED FFA FOR AM HOURS
FOR ALL BUT XTRM NRN/NERN CWA. SEVERE THREAT XPCTD TO END ACR SRN
CWA BY NOON WITH LINGERING STRATIFORM RAIN INTO AFTN HOURS.

COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO CWA THIS AFTN AND TNGT. GUID IN
BALLPARK EXCEPT WILL CUT GUID A CATEGORY DUE TO RAIN AND CLD CVR.

.EAX...
FFA TIL NOON...KSZ025-KSZ057-KSZ060-KSZ102>105.
            ...MOZ011>014-MOZ020>024-MOZ028>033-MOZ037>040-
            ...MOZ043>046-MOZ053-MOZ054

DB

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Doniphan

When
July 12, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Doniphan County, Elwood
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.750, -94.883

Large trees uprooted. Numerous power outages.

Hail, Leavenworth

When
July 12, 1:56 AM CST
Where
Leavenworth County, 1 mi NW of Leavenworth
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.333, -94.933

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.

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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: 5258734, 5258735.