Kansas, 2001

Hail in Kansas, May 11, 2001

May 11, 2001 · NWS ICT · 7 events in 3 counties and zones

7 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 11, 9:52 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 9:52 AM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1052 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001

...UPDATED...
MODIFIED MRNG SOUNDINGS AND LATEST LAPS DATA SUGGEST CAPES ABV 2500
J/KG ALG/S OF THE SFC FNT FM WLD-CNU EWD INTO THE AFTN...WITH ELEVATED
CAPES OF 1500 TO 2000 J/KG N OF THE FNT ALG/S OF A HUT-EMP LN. THE
KICT 88D SHOWD RENEWED CNVTN ACRS KINGMAN AND HARPER COUNTIES SINCE
1530Z. MID LVL WND FLO RMNS RATHER WK SO STMS WL HAVE POTNL FOR HVY
RAIN. THIS WL ALSO BE MORE CONDUSIVE TO PULSE TYPE SVR STMS WITH
THREAT OF MRGNL SVR HAIL AND LCL DOWNBURSTS. SOME TWEAKING TO TEMPS
ALSO XPCTD WITH UPDATE INTO UPR 70S.

DARMOFAL

.ICT...NONE.

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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Harper

When
May 11, 10:15 AM CST
Where
Harper County, 4 mi S of Bluff City
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
37.033, -97.867

Hail, Harper

When
May 11, 10:30 AM CST
Where
Harper County, 6 mi S of Bluff City
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.000, -97.867

Hail, Harper

When
May 11, 10:40 AM CST
Where
Harper County, 9 mi NW of Attica
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
37.333, -98.350

Hail, Sedgwick

When
May 11, 12:15 PM CST
Where
Sedgwick County, Maize
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
37.767, -97.467

Hail, Sedgwick

When
May 11, 12:33 PM CST
Where
Sedgwick County, Wichita
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
37.700, -97.333

Hail, Butler

When
May 11, 1:05 PM CST
Where
Butler County, 5 mi S of El Dorado
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
37.750, -96.867

Hail, Butler

When
May 11, 1:05 PM CST
Where
Butler County, 7 mi S of El Dorado
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.717, -96.867

What these are

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.

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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: 5241472, 5241473, 5241474, 5241475, 5241476, 5241477, 5241478.