Kansas, 2001

Hail in Kansas, July 3, 2001

July 3, 2001 · NWS EAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 3, 3:30 PM CST, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:30 PM CST, 7 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
430 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

FORECAST CONCERNS: TRACK OF MINI-MCS THIS EVNG/TONITE AND
LOCATION OF REDEVELOPMENT WED AND THU.

OUTFLOW BNDRY LEFT BY LAST NITES NE/IA MCS MADE IT TO ABT THE
MO RVR THIS MRNG. REMNANTS OF BNDRY HV LIFTED SLGTLY NORTH...
XTNDG AND XTND ROUGHLY FRM LNK TO FNB TO STJ TO CDJ.  MORE PRONOUNCED
SYN SCALE SFC BNDRY XTNDS FRM HLC TO JUST NW OF LNK TO N OF DSM.
WITH SFC TEMPS RISING WELL INTO 90S AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE
70S...LAPS IS INDICATING CAPES AOA 4000 J/KG. PRIND IS THAT
CONVECT WL REFIRE WHERE OLD OUTFLOW BNDRY AND CDFNT AND SFC FNT
INTERSECT IN SE NE/SW IA.  WL BUMP POPS TO LIKELY IN NW CORNER
OF CWA.

BYND 24HRS...SFC FNT OVR NE AND IA TDA WL SAG SWD WITH MCS TONIGHT.
SHORT TERM MODELS HV BEEN TO AGGRESSIVE WITH SWD PUSH OF FNTS AS OF
LATE...SO PREFER MORE NRN PLACEMENT ALA NGM. CAP A LTL WEAKER TMRW
AS SLGTLY COOLER AIR MVS INTO FA FRM NE. XPCT SFC BASED STMS TO
REFIRE ALNG AND SOUTH OF MO RVR TMRW AFTN. ALSO MAY HV TO CONSIDER
PCPN THREAT ACRS NRN ZONES AFT 06Z THU DUE TO ELEVATED...WAA-INDUCED
NOCTURNAL CONVECT THAT MAY DEVELOP OVR IA. WL HAVE TO INTRO POPS
INTO THURS FCST TO ACCT FOR NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY. AFT THU...UPR RDGG
AND SFC RDGG SHULD DRY FA OUT FOR A SPELL. CAP STRENGTH SHULD
PRECLUDE ANY TSTM DEVELOPMENT THRU EARLY SUN...THO NERN ZONES MAY
EXPERIENCE GLANCING BLO FRM NOCTURNAL DEVELOPMENT BOTH FRI AND SAT
NITES. MED RNG MODELS MV POTENT VORT MAX JUST NORTH OF FA SUN INTO
MON.  WL MAINTAIN POPS ON SUN AND INCLUDE FOR MON.  THIS SHULD PUSH
SLGTLY COOLER AIR INTO FA FOR EARLY NXT WEEK.

AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED...WL SIDE WITH WARMER FWC VALUES THRU
THE SHORT TERM.  WL USE A BLEND OF UKMET/ECMWF/MRF 100 AND 85 DAM
GRIDDT IN THE EXTENDED.

.EAX...
KS...NONE.
MO...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:13 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1013 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

1005 PM    1 S MOBERLY               MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/03/01   RANDOLPH                       1 FOOT DIAMETER TREES
                                          DOWNED. . REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:27 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1027 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

1027 PM    BOLCKOW                   MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   ANDREW                         EVENT DURATION 2
                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:28 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1128 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

1126 PM    3 E MAYSVILLE             MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   DE KALB                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:46 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1146 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

1143 PM    SAVANNAH                  MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   ANDREW                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR KC0RNP.

1146 PM    SAVANNAH                  MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   ANDREW                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR KC0RNP.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:49 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1149 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

1149 PM    AMAZONIA                  MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   ANDREW                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:53 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1153 PM CDT TUE JUL 03 2001

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

1145 PM    SAVANNAH                  MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/01   ANDREW                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC,
                                          RELAYED BY TV
                                          METEOROLOGiIST.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Doniphan

When
July 3, 10:55 PM CST
Where
Doniphan County, Troy
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.783, -95.083

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5258609.