Kansas, 2001

Hail in Kansas, June 16, 2001

June 16, 2001 · NWS TOP · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours of the 16th and continued into the evening hours as they gradually moved east. Many became severe with numerous reports of large hail and some damaging winds.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 happened

The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.

Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours of the 16th and continued into the evening hours as they gradually moved east. Many became severe with numerous reports of large hail and some damaging winds. Hail the size of baseballs fell in the Manhattan and St. George areas. Heavy rains with the storms produced flash flooding near Junction City and Alma.

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, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:00 PM CST, 6 hours 11 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, 7:02 PM CST, 1 hour 9 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:24 PM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
824 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0734 PM    12 ENE JUNCTION CITY      KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   GEARY                           JCT OF HWY 177 AND I-70

0736 PM    MANHATTAN                 KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY

0742 PM    8 SE MANHATTAN            KS    2.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY                           HAIL BREAKING TREE LIMBS

0744 PM    MANHATTAN                 KS    2 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RILEY

0747 PM    ST GEORGE                 KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   POTTAWATOMIE

0755 PM    2 N ALTA VISTA            KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   WABAUNSEE

0755 PM    WAMEGO                    KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   POTTAWATOMIE

0808 PM    5 NW ST MARYS             KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   POTTAWATOMIE

0808 PM    10 SE JUNCTION CITY       KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   GEARY

0808 PM    6 S WESTMORELAND          KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   POTTAWATOMIE
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:27 PM CST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
827 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0825 PM    3 E DWIGHT                KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   MORRIS
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:49 PM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
849 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0829 PM    5 N DELIA                 KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   JACKSON

0843 PM    2 W HOYT                  KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   JACKSON
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:56 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
856 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0855 PM    MERIDEN                   KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/16/01   JEFFERSON
Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:06 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
906 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0903 PM    OZAWKIE                   KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   JEFFERSON

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:12 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Riley

When
June 16, 8:11 PM CST
Where
Riley County, Manhattan
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.183, -96.583

Hail, Riley

When
June 16, 8:12 PM CST
Where
Riley County, 1 mi NE of Manhattan
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.200, -96.567

Hail, Jefferson

When
June 16, 8:19 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Oskaloosa
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.217, -95.317

Hail, Jefferson

When
June 16, 8:22 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Oskaloosa
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.217, -95.317

Hail, Pottawatomie

When
June 16, 8:25 PM CST
Where
Pottawatomie County, Flush
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.300, -96.450

Hail, Brown

When
June 16, 9:05 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Hiawatha
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.850, -95.533

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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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: 5249452, 5249453, 5249498, 5249499, 5249500, 5249501.