Thunderstorms developed over north central kansas and became severe producing large hail strong winds and 2 tornadoes (discussed separately).
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The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over north central kansas and became severe producing large hail strong winds and 2 tornadoes (discussed separately).
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 13, 2:08 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 308 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 CHCS FOR PCPN TNGT/TMRW MAIN CONCERN. APPEARS SFC BNDRY ABT TO COME TO A SLOW CRAWL OVER WRN KS. GOOD PRESSURE FALLS OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO PRECURSOR OF BIGGER THINGS TO COME LATER TNGT AND THURSDAY. FOR THE SHORTER TERM...ATTENTION IS DRAWN ALG SFC BNDRY WCNTRL KS. LATEST RUCII HAS UPPER WAVE MVG INTO WRN KS...AND THE TAIL END OF THIS APPARENTLY REASON FOR SOME MID LVL COOLING NEAR WRN CWA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THIS WAVE LIFTS OUT TO THE NORTHEAST...DRAWING SFC BNDRY NORTHWEST...AND NOTHING OF NOTE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT AS MAIN UPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER. BOTTOM LINE...UNLESS SOMETHING FIRES THIS EVENING CLOSE TO WRN CWA...MAY HAVE TO AWAIT STGR DYNAMICS OF WRN SYSTEM FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION. APPEARS MOST ACTION WILL BE EITHER LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. EACH MODEL RUN HAS BEEN A LITTLE SLOWER WITH PROGRESSION OF WRN SYSTEM. THUS WOULD SUSPECT AT LEAST THE ERN PART OF CWA TO BE VULNERABLE TO STG CONVECTION ALONG SFC DRY LINE ON THURSDAY. LITTLE IF ANY CLOUDINESS EXPECTED BEHIND THIS DRY LINE ON THURSDAY...WITH COOLING STILL LAGGING BEHIND. SO TEMPS IN D+RYER AIR ON THURSDAY INTO THE 80S LOOK GOOD. IF LATER MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF BNDRY TMRW...MAY NEED TO ADD SOME EVENING POPS ERN PTN CWA TMRW. FOR NOW AM GOING DRY. CLEAR SAILING REST OF FCST. .TOP...NONE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
730 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0728 PM SCANDIA KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 REPUBLICPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
757 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM 3 SE REPUBLIC KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 REPUBLICPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
806 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0805 PM 5 NW MUNDEN KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 REPUBLICPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
833 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0829 PM 4 NW MUNDEN KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 REPUBLIC
0832 PM 3 NW MUNDEN KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 REPUBLICThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado formed just north of Munden and moved northeast doing considerable damage to several farmsteads before moving into Nebraska.
A tornado formed southwest of Narka and moved northeast doing some damage to the community of Narka before crossing into Nebraska.
Strong winds downed power lines near Cuba.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2001Warnings in Kansas, June 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: 5249334, 5249335, 5249336, 5249337, 5249338.