Kansas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 26, 2001

June 26, 2001 · NWS EAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 Jun 26, 1:05 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:05 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
205 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST 24 HRS. MAIN FCST CONCERNS CNTR
ON CLOSED UPR SYS OVR THE TN VLY RETROGRADING INTO ERN MO BY
TMRW...AND THEN STALLING FOR SVRL DAYS. ALL MODELS NOW ON THE SAME
PAGE THRU FRI ON HANDLING APCHG UPR LOW. WDLY SCT CNVTN WILL BE
DIURNALLY DRIVEN WITH MAIN PROBLEMS FM LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HVY
DOWNPOURS. CYC CRCLN ARND UPR SYS WILL DIRECT ANY CNVTN SWD WITH
SLOW EWD PROG. THIS SUGS NW CRNR MO WILL BE LAST TO HV CHC CAT
MENTIONED.

LTST STLT IMAGERY SHOWS BAND OF TCU/ISOLD -SHRA FM N CNTRL INTO  W
CNTRL MO IN RGN OF HIEST CAPES. WILL WAIT TILL LAST MINUTE TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT TO MENTION IN ZONES OR HANDLE WITH NOWCASTS. UPR 60S
SFC DWPTS EXTD S FM UPR MS VLY INTO CWA. FEEL THIS MSTR WILL
GRADUALLY BE SHFTD W OR PINCHED OFF AS DRIER AIR ADVECTS IN FM THE
E...DWPTS IN THE MID 50S TO LWR 60S ASSOCD WITH APCHG UPR LOW. MAV
MIN TEMPS LOOK RSNBL WITH COOLEST IN THE E.

VORT MAX OVR SW IND PROGD TO HEAD TWDS STL AREA THIS EVE...AND INTO
ERN CWA TMRW. WILL STRATIFY CHC POPS WITH HIEST IN THE E AND NO
MENTION IN THE NW CRNR. WED MAX TEMPS ABT THE SAME AS TDY.

WILL CONT DIURNAL CHC POPS INTO SAT AS MID LVL CD POOL AND VORT
SPOKES INFLUENCE CNVTV PROCESS. INCRG CLDNS AND LWR THKNS SUG MAX
TEMPS SLGTLY BLO NORMAL...LOW 80S IN THE NERN CWA AND MID 80S W
CNTRL MO/EXTRM E CNTRL KS.

CLIMO TYPE POPS TAKE OVR SUN THRU NEXT TUE AND NO ONE DAY BTR THAN
THE NEXT. FOR THAT REASON WILL GO WITH DRY SUN-TUE FCST WITH TEMPS
NR SEASONAL NORMS.

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

JULY
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:00 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-271100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001

FORECAST: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A BETHANY TO WARRENSBURG LINE...BUT THE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY
OF THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING.

OUTLOOK: LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK. THESE STORMS WILL BE WIDELY SCATTERED IN NATURE AND SQHOULD NOT
BE SEVERE.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX.

KOCH

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When
June 26, 5:25 PM CST
Where
Johnson County, 3 mi W of Stilwell
Measured
57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
38.767, -94.700

8 inch diameter tree blown down.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5253022.