Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 29, 12:35 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, 12 mi N of Wallace
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.083, -101.583
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 29, 2001
10 hail, 3 tornado, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 10:50 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 10:50 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1150 AM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE PIKES PEAK REGION INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. TRAINING CELLS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY INTO AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OVER THREE INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS INDICATE A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR RAWLINS AND DECATUR COUNTIES. .GLD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR RAWLINS AND DECATUR COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM CDT. SVEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 9:50 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-300600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1050 AM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001 HERE IS THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN COLORADO. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF A YUMA COLORADO / GOODLAND KANSAS / QUINTER KANSAS LINE. ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE A LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS...AND WITH THE RAIN EXPECTED TO FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...SOME FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL REPORTS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OR OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE APPRECIATED. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT...SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND WIND SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST OF A YUMA COLORADO / GOODLAND KANSAS / HILL CITY KANSAS LINE BY MIDDLE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH...THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY -OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THIS AREA...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. BARKER
Special weather statement, May 29, 11:12 AM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1212 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 5 PM MDT (6 PM CDT)... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT (6 PM CDT)...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO...YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE. IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...THE COUNTIES OF CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR... NORTON...SHERMAN...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN... GOVE...GREELEY...AND WICHITA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. IF OUTSIDE...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. BARKER
Local storm report, May 29, 12:06 PM MST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
106 PM MDT TUE MAY 29 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 PM 14 N ARAPAHOE CO FUNNEL CLOUD
05/29/01 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
1250 PM 14 N ARAPAHOE CO 1 INCH HAIL
05/29/01 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
1255 PM FIRSTVIEW CO .75 INCH HAIL
05/29/01 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0100 PM 14 N ARAPAHOE CO 1 INCH HAIL
05/29/01 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:33 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 29, 12:50 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, Weskan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -101.967
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 29, 1:05 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, 10 mi N of Sharon Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 39.033, -101.733
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 29, 1:08 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, 6 mi N of Sharon Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.967, -101.733
Quarter size hail completely covering the ground.
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 29, 1:10 PM MST
- Where
- Logan County, 5 mi W of Mc Allaster
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -101.500
Tornado, Logan
- When
- May 29, 1:45 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Logan County, 12 mi SW of Oakley
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.017, -101.000
No damage reported, but tornado likely lifted at times along its path in open country.
Tornado, Logan
- When
- May 29, 1:59 PM MST
- Where
- Logan County, 3 mi W of Oakley
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -100.900
Brief tornado over open field with no damage observed.
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 29, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Gove County, 2 mi SE of Grinnell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.117, -100.617
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 29, 2:20 PM MST
- Where
- Gove County, Grinnell
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -100.633
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 29, 2:25 PM MST
- Where
- Gove County, Grinnell
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -100.633
Tornado, Sheridan
- When
- May 29, 2:25 PM MST to 2:27 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 3 mi S of Angelus
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -100.667
Tornado destroyed empty grain bin and tore out a mulberry tree.
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- May 29, 2:32 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 8 mi S of Hoxie
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.233, -100.433
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 29, 2:40 PM MST
- Where
- Logan County, 4 mi W of Oakley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -100.917
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 29, 2001
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 29, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 29, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 29, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Oklahoma, May 29 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 29 to 30, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 29, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, May 29, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Ohio, May 29, 2001
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, May 29, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, May 29, 2001
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2001Warnings in Kansas, May 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: 5245257, 5245258, 5245259, 5245260, 5245261, 5245267, 5245269, 5245265, 5245262, 5245263, 5245268, 5245264, 5245266.