3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 27, 1:45 PM CST, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 245 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001 18Z MODEL COMPARISONS TO CURRENT OBSERVATIONS WOULD INDICATE THAT THE 925-700MB PLACEMENT OF THE LOW PRESSURE TROF FROM NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO EASTERN COLORADO. PLAN TO UTILIZE A COMBINATION OF AVN/ETA MODELS. H300-150 DIVERGENCE INCREASES DURING THE NIGHT AND MAXIMIZES AROUND 12Z OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST BY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN WESTERN KANSAS SHOULD INITIALLY MOVE EAST/NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING BEFORE TAKING ON A MORE SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT BY 12Z SATURDAY. THIS TREND WOULD CARRY THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES. PLAN TO CONTINUE LIKELY WORDING IN THE SOUTH (ALTHOUGH WILL PUSH THE LINE SOUTH OF THE CURRENT ZONES)...WITH A CHANCE IN THE NORTH. IN REALITY...THE HEAVIEST RAINS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL NEAR SUNRISE THEN LAP OVER THROUGH MID-MORNING OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL ZONES. RAIN SHOULD END BY SUNRISE ON SATURDAY IN THE NORTHCENTRAL AND SLOWLY PROGRESS TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH THE SURFACE-850MB TROF. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO FOLLOW FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST. ROGERS .TOP...NONE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in Clay Center and rural areas of Clay county.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in Washington and rural areas of Washington county.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in Marshall county. Water was over a roadway 1 mile north of Herkimer for a time. Other roads in the county were also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2001
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: 5253590, 5252717, 5252718.