Hail and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 16, 2001

Name: Hail and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 16, 2001
Start: 2001-06-16T19:08
End: 2001-06-16T19:15
Location: Kansas

June 16, 2001 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 16, 2:00 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:00 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
3 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND TEMPS ARE THE MAIN FCST CONCERNS...

WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF THE CWA IS EDGING SLIGHTLY
NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH DONT EXPECT MUCH MOVEMENT WITH
THIS FRONT THROUGH THE NIGHT. WEAK SHORTWAVE AND WAA PROGRESSING
EASTWARD INTO THE CWA IS AIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AC WITH CU
FURTHER TO THE WEST IN MAX CONVERGENCE IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

FIRST CONCERN IS WHETHER CAP OVER THE AREA WILL BE BROKEN OVER THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN CWA THIS EVENING AND IF IT DOES WILL
DEVELOPMENT OCCUR BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARDS AREA OF DEVELOPING
CU ALONG DRYLINE TO THE SOUTHWEST. AT TIME WOULD EXPECT ADDITIONAL
HEATING AND CONTINUED CONVERGENCE TO ALLOW FOR SOME CONVECTION TO
GET GOING NEAR THE FRONT AND MOVE EAST THIS EVENING...WITH
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH
SUNSET.

WHILE ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP THIS EVENING MAY WEAKEN AFTER
SUNSET...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT (MCS) OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES. THIS WOULD LIKELY LEAVE
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. OFFSETTING FACTOR FOR THIS WOULD BE WARMING ALOFT AND
INCREASING CAPPING FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY. WILL KEEP POPS
GOING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE NORTH. WITH CWA
GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO
MONDAY...WILL SEE CONTINUED SOUTHWEST FLOW AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 90S WITH MONDAY LIKELY THE WARMEST. THIS IS MUCH WARMER THAN
FAN/MAV GUIDANCE WHICH LOOKS TOO COOL.

ALTHOUGH STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA
SUNDAY NIGHT...EXPECT MOST CONVECTION TO BE TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA.
WILL GO WITH DRY FCST ON MONDAY AS 700 MB TEMPS RISE INTO THE 12-14
DEGREE RANGE KEEPING CAPPING IN PLACE. WILL ADD POPS AGAIN FOR
MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE/FRONT SLIP SOUTHEAST INTO THE
NORTHERN CWA DURING THE NIGHT.

.TOP...NONE

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:45 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
645 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0615 PM    1 S MANHATTAN             KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY

0632 PM    4 SE MANHATTAN            KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY

0634 PM    5 W ABILENE               KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   DICKINSON

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:25 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
725 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
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0723 PM    OGDEN                     KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:27 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
727 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0726 PM    (MHK)MANHATTAN MUNI ARPT  KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:34 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
734 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0730 PM    MANHATTAN ARPT            KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY                           QUARTER SIZE UP TO
                                           GOLFBALL CENTRAL AND
                                           SOUTHWEST SIDE OFa
                                           MANHATTAN

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:53 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
753 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0740 PM    1 NE MANHATTAN            KS    2.5 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY

0749 PM    4 NW ST GEORGE            KS    2.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   POTTAWATOMIE

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:02 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0740 PM    2 SW VOLLAND              KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   WABAUNSEE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:07 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: June 16, 7:08 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, 5 mi NW of St Marys
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.250, -96.133

Hail, Geary

When: June 16, 7:08 PM CST
Where: Geary County, 10 mi SE of Junction City
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.933, -96.700

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: June 16, 7:08 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, 6 mi S of Westmoreland
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.317, -96.417

Lightning, Geary

When: June 16, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Geary County, 14 mi SE of Junction City
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.002, -96.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck a house and ignited a fire in the attic which did minor damage.

Hail, Dickinson

When: June 16, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Dickinson County, Abilene
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.917, -97.217

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5249437, 5249438, 5249439, 5249440, 5249441.