Kansas, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 17, 2001

July 17, 2001 · NWS GLD · 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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  • Cold
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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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 1:26 PM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:26 PM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
226 PM MDT TUE JUL 17 2001

CONCERN WILL BE WITH HIGH TMPS TOMORROW AND PCPN CHANCES.

ACC WAS VISIBLE THIS MORNING ON THE EASTERN HORIZON WHILE SOME HIGH
LEVEL CLOUDINESS ATTM WAS STREAMING INTO THE FA AND WERE LIMITING
DAYTIME HEATING. THE ETA HAD A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS MORNINGS MODEL
ANALYSIS ALTHO ALL MODELS WERE TOO COOL IN THE FORECAST ACROSS 7H/5H.
WITH THE HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS AND WARMER MID LVL TMPS TSRA SHUD BE
LIMITED LATE THIS AFTN/EVE ACROSS MOST OF THE TRI STATE AREA. ALTHO A
5H/VORT MAX ALONG WITH INVADING 7H/MOISTR FROM THE SOUTH MAY CREEP
FAR ENUF NORTH TO PRODUCE A FEW EVENING TSRA OVER THE S/E FA.

A STRONG 5H/HI NOW OVER OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS
TOMORROW. THIS SLIGHT SHIFT TO THE EAST WILL ALLOW MOISTURE TO RAP
AROUND THE HIGH AND INTO THE CWA WED AFTN. ALONG WITH AN INVADING
DISTURBANCE TSRA POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE TOMORROW. AS 850/TMPS RISE
TO NEAR 30C...AFTN HIGHS WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S WITH SOME LOCATIONS
REACHING THE 100F MARK AND HIER.

FOR THURSDAY ADDITIONAL MOISTURE STREAMS NORTH AND INTO THE FA.
ANOTHER S/W MOVES THRU THE CWA AND THE THREAT FOR TSRA WILL
CONTINUE. WITH THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE...AFTN HIGHS MAY BE A FEW
DEGREES COOLR THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY.

MID LVL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY INTO THE WEEKEND.
VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED AS DAYTIME
TMPS CLIMB INTO THE 90S WITH TSRA CHANCES CONTINUING THRU THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

.GLD...NONE.

VP

The radar

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Event by event

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

Hail, Thomas

When
July 17, 6:00 PM MST
Where
Thomas County, 6 mi SE of Mingo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.217, -100.883

Hail, Gove

When
July 17, 6:15 PM MST
Where
Gove County, 17 mi W of Grainfield
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.117, -100.783

Thunderstorm Wind, Gove

When
July 17, 6:15 PM MST
Where
Gove County, 17 mi W of Grainfield
Measured
70 kt (81 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.117, -100.783

Hail, Logan

When
July 17, 6:15 PM MST
Where
Logan County, 6 mi S of Oakley
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.050, -100.850

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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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: 5262641, 5262638, 5262639, 5262640.