Thunderstorm Wind, Doniphan
- When
- July 18, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, Iowa Pt
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -95.233
Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 2001
2 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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 18, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 930 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001 RECONFIGURATION OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH LOOKS NECESSARY GIVEN THE EVOLUTION OF THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION. WIND PROFILERS AT 850 MB SHOW CONCENTRATION OF LOW LEVEL WAA FURTHER WEST THAN ADVERTISED BY THE MORNING MODEL PACKAGE. THUS...THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL LIKELY BE POSITIONED FURTHER WEST INTO SCENTRAL NEBR AND NCENTRAL KS. WILL LEAVE A HANDFUL OF COUNTIES IN THE WATCH WHERE THE HEAVY RAINS FELL LAST NIGHT. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IN THESE COUNTIES ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH AND A QUARTER. .EAX... FLASH FLOOD WATCH MO...ZONES 001-011-012 KS...ZONES 025-102 EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MO...ZONES 020>022-028>031-037>040-043>046-053-054 KS...ALL ZONES KOCH
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:28 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Doniphan
- When
- July 18, 9:38 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, 4 mi W of Highland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -95.350
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 18, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 18 to 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 18, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 18, 2001
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 18, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 18, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 18, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 18, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 2001
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5258736, 5258737.