Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 17, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 17, 2001
Start: 2001-07-17T17:25
End: 2001-07-17T18:28
Location: Kansas

July 17, 2001 · NWS DDC · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 2:22 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:22 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
322 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001

FORECAST CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO BE CHANCES FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT THUNDER NEXT FEW DAYS.

TROPICAL PLUME CONTINUES TO BRING ABUNDANT MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE
INTO WESTERN KANSAS. WEAK VORTS IN PLUME WILL HELP SET OFF
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MAX HEATING AS CAP WEAKENS. ALSO TROF LINE AND
ANOTHER BOUNDARY COMING DOWN ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO COULD BE AN
INITIATOR OF STORMS. ALREADY SOME THUNDER FIRING ALONG TROF LINE
NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THERE ALSO MAY BE A CHANCE FOR SOME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. WEAK UPPER
WINDS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. PULSE SEVERE
STORMS LIKELY TO SEND OUT NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WITH OTHER
STORMS FIRING ON OUTFLOW AND DISSIPATING. WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS
AT 60 PCT FOR WEST WITH TROF AND 20 TO 40 POP REST OF AREA. OVERNIGHT
LOWS WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT FROM 69 TO 76.

MOIST AND UNSTABLE TROPICAL PLUME AND VORTS CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
WITH WITH LITTLE DIFFERENCES IN DAY TO DAY HIGHS AND LOWS. HIGH
TEMPS SHOULD RANGE FROM UPPER 90S AT GARDEN TO 102 AT MED LODGE.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

FRIDAY-SUNDAY:

UPPER RIDGE REMAINS LOCKED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IN ALL THE 12Z
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INCLUDING THE 12Z-18TH AVN/UKMET AND THE 12Z-
17TH EUROPEAN. THIS MEANS A CONTINUATION OF THE HOT AND MOSTLY DRY
WEATHER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANY
DAY/NIGHT...BUT CHOSE NOT TO HAVE PRECIP IN THE FORECAST EVERY
PERIOD WHEN MOST AREAS SHOULD STAY DRY ANYWAY.

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY:

THE MODELS OFFER A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS REGARDING THE WEAKENING OF
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE CANADIAN IS THE MOST
AGGRESSIVE AT SLIDING THE CORE OF THE RIDGE TO THE EAST AND SOUTH.
THIS WOULD BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND A GOOD CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO SW KS. THE AVN/MRF/UKMET BOTH WEAKEN THE RIDGE ONLY
A LITTLE AND ESTABLISH MORE OF A ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. THE 12Z AVN DOES SLIDE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO NORTHWEST
KANSAS BY MONDAY THOUGH. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY...WE WILL OPT TO
KEEP THE ONGOING FORECAST OF HOT WEATHER AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR MONDAY-TUESDAY...AND EXTEND THIS INTO WEDNESDAY.

PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST.

DDC 073/101 073/101 072 403
GCK 069/098 069/098 068 403
EHA 070/100 068/100 067 604
LBL 070/100 069/100 068 403
HYS 070/100 072/100 070 403
P28 076/102 076/102 076 202

.DDC...NONE.

KRUSE/FINCH

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Clark

When: July 17, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Clark County, 15 mi NW of Ashland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.333, -99.967

Thunderstorm Wind, Ford

When: July 17, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Ford County, 5 mi NE of Bucklin
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.600, -99.567

Hail, Meade

When: July 17, 6:24 PM CST
Where: Meade County, Fowler
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.383, -100.200

Hail, Ford

When: July 17, 6:28 PM CST
Where: Ford County, 21 mi SW of Dodge City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.533, -100.283

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5262530, 5262531, 5262532, 5262533.