Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 2001
Start: 2001-07-18T18:00
End: 2001-07-18T18:15
Location: Kansas

July 18, 2001 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 1 county or zone

5 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Jul 18, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
230 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS ARE THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND THUNDERSTORMS
CHANCES OVERNIGHT.

TWO AREAS OF CONCERN TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  FIRST IS
BOUNDARY SEEN ON KTWX RADAR FROM TUTTLE CREEK LAKE TO SOUTH OF
TOPEKA.  DECENT CONVERGENCE IS OCCURRING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WITH
CAPES APPROACHING 5000 J/KG.  NOT SURE IF CAP WILL ABLE TO BE BROKEN
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THIS EVENING...BUT IT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED
FOR EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT.  OTHER AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE AFTER
MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KANSAS.  EXPECT A MCS TO
DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA...AND THEN SLIDE SOUTH SOUTHEAST PER
CORFIDI VECTORS AFTER MIDNIGHT.  WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS OVER
NORTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING TO ADDRESS THIS.

OTHERWISE EXPECT OPPRESSIVE TO HEAT CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH
FRIDAY.  ETA 2 METER TEMPERATURES KEEP HIGHS THE 96 TO 103 RANGE
BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  DEW POINTS TO REMAIN VERY HIGH AS WELL
ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST.  DAYTIME HEAT INDICES LOOK TO APPROACH
110F BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH NIGHTTIME VALUES IN THE LOWER
80S. WILL EXTEND THE HEAT ADVISORY INTO FRIDAY AS NO RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT IS EXPECTED.

MAIN SOURCE OF CLOUDS THE NEXT FEW DAYS LOOKS TO BE CONVECTIVE
DEBRIS FROM MCS CLUSTERS MOVING ACROSS NEBRASKA AND MISSOURI.

PREFER THE ETA 2 METER TEMPERATURES TO THE NGM/FWC AND AVN BASED FAN
AND MAV GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES AS THEY REMAIN TOO COOL.

.TOP...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST
       AND EAST CENTRAL KS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 5:10 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
610 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0605 PM    4 N SCANDIA               KS    .88 INCH HAIL
07/18/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Jul 18, 5:37 PM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
637 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    BELLEVILLE                KS    WIND DAMAGE
07/18/01   REPUBLIC                        POWER LINES, STREET
                                           SIGNS, AND TREES DOWN
                                           IN TOWN.

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 5:53 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
653 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
W
0650 PM    5 S BELLEVILLE            KS    .88 INCH HAIL
07/18/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Jul 18, 6:00 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
700 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 18, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Morrowville
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.850, -97.167

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 18, 6:12 PM CST
Where: Washington County, 5 mi W of Washington
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.817, -97.150

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 18, 6:12 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Haddam
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.850, -97.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 18, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Washington
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.817, -97.050

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 18, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Washington County, 2 mi WNW of Washington
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.833, -97.083

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, July 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: 5253475, 5253476, 5253477, 5253478, 5253479.