Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- June 1, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Mc Louth
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.217
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 2001
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 2:18 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:18 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 318 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001 SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES GRADUALLY ENCOMPASSING CWA. SEVERE WEATHER MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING...THEN RETURNING OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ARE NEXT CONCERNS. WEAK IMPULSE SOUTHWEST AND CONVERGENT AREAS FIRING STORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF STATE WHILE FRONT DROPPING SOUTH ...NOW MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...WILL PUSH INTO UNSTABLE AIR OVER REST OF CWA. STRONG UPPER WAVE DROPPING SOUTH WITH MODELS SHOWING LARGE VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS OVER NORTHEAST THROUGH 06Z...THEN SLIPS SOUTH AND EAST. WILL WORD ZONES WITH SCATTERED OR LIKELY FOR THE EVENING HOURS. SURFACE HIGH SLIPS ACROSS CWA BEHIND FRONT ON SATURDAY...ETA...SHOWING SOME LOW LEVEL RH PERSISTING OVER THE EAST SO WILL GO WITH A FEW MORE CLOUDS HERE. SOME QUESTIONS ON TEMPERATURES...THE 70 TO 75 RANGE LOOK GOOD FOR NOW. NEXT SERIES OF WAVES PUSHES OUT INTO THE HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT...ETA/AVN SHOWING OVERRUNNING WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THESE...SUPPORTING GOING CHANCE FOR NORTH CENTRAL SATURDAY NIGHT. ADDED LOW POPS TO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL DO TO THE WARM ADVECTION. STRONG WAVE EJECTS ACROSS CWA...SUNDAY...WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS BUT MODELS WOULD HAVE THIS ENDING OVER THE WESTERN CWA EARLY. ANOTHER WAVE COMES OUT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND AGAIN WIL:L GO WITH LIKELY 0POPS AS BOUNDARIES AND OVERRUNNING ENHANCE PRECIP CHANCES. TEMPERATURE WISE...COMPROMISE ON HIGHS WITH HIGHS AROUND 70 AND LOWS 50 TO 55. .TOP...NONE FRANTZ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:06 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
506 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0458 PM 10 S FAIRVIEW KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01 BROWN
0505 PM EMPORIA KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/01/01 LYONLocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:12 PM CST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
512 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0507 PM HORTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01 BROWNLocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:21 PM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM 3 NW WHITING KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01 JACKSONLocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:36 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
536 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0531 PM VALLEY FALLS KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/01 JEFFERSON
0535 PM NORTONVILLE KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01 JEFFERSONLocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:40 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
540 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0540 PM WINCHESTER KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/01 JEFFERSONLocal storm report, Jun 1, 4:55 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
555 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM MC LOUTH KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/01 JEFFERSONThe radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- June 1, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Mc Louth
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.217
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- June 1, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Mc Louth
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.217
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- June 1, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 3 mi S of Oskaloosa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.167, -95.317
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 1, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, June 1, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 2001
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 1, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 1, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 1, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 1, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 1, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, June 1, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 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: 5250780, 5250781, 5250782, 5250783.