Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 9, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 9, 2001
Start: 2001-05-09T21:40
End: 2001-05-09T22:30
Location: Kansas

May 9, 2001 · NWS GID · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 1:55 PM CST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:55 PM CST, 7 hours 45 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
255 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

THUNDERSTORM INITIATION AND LOCATION THE MAIN PROBLEMS. SOME
SURPRISE HUH?

BELIEVE THE FOCUS TONIGHT IS ON TWO AREAS. THE FIRST IS NEAR
STALLING BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHEAST. ADVECTION OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IMPRESSIVE EASTERN/SOUTHERN CWFA. PARAMETERS
APPEAR TO SET UP JUST EAST OF US...AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT...AS
WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ACTING TO CAP THINGS NOW. NO SIGN
YET THAT CAP IS WEAKENING IN CWFA. MODERATE RISK SNATCHES EAST
CWFA. M0DEL QPF DIFFERENCES WELL DOCUMENTED. THIS IS VERY
SIMILAR TO AN EVENT LAST WEAK WITH A STRONGER FRONT (CURRENTLY
OUR "REAL" FRONT IS WELL NORTH OF NEBRASKA) AND WAVE. ALL THE
ACTION WAS WELL NORTHEAST. WON/T DEVIATE TOO MUCH FROM SPC
OUTLOOK...BUT LOWER POPS SOME TONIGHT. THIS TREND WAS BORN OUT
IN THE MORNING GUIDANCE AS WELL.

OTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF CWFA. LAPS DATA SUGGEST
THIS AN AREA OF WEAKENING CAP. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S WITH
SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...ALBEIT MIXED OUT SOME AND SHALLOW.
DISCONTINUITY IS CURRENTLY A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST
COLORADO...AND THERE ARE HINTS OF CU LINE FORMING TO THE NORTHEAST
ALONG MOISTURE BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDS UP INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
HAVING SAID THAT...WITH RESIST TIMING ANYTHING DOWN THERE AND
KEEP 30 POPS FOR THE CHANCE SOMETHING MIGHT MOVE INTO THAT AREA
THIS EVENING.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD/SHOULD BE RATHER ACTIVE
WITH WAVE TO SLIDE ALONG STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN
CWFA. COMPROMISE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FIELDS LOOK APPROPRIATE
BUT OVERALL...CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HEAVY
RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH PW APPROACHING 1.5 INCHES...MAINLY
OVER AREAS OF MOST RECENT AND HEAVIEST RAINS. SLOWER FRONT LIKELY
MEANS SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY THAN PREVIOUS RUN.
BELIEVE TREND ON FRIDAY WILL BE CLEARING DURING THE DAY...WITH
EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT CONVECTION PUSHING FRONT SOUTH OF CWFA.

THE EXTENDED LOOKS WARMER COME SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AHEAD OF FRONT
MOVING SOUTHEAST. COOLER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HAVE ADUJUSTED
TEMPERATURES ACCORDINGLY.

.GID...NONE.

MORITZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 6:34 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
734 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
T
0728 PM    FULLERTON                 NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   NANCE

Local storm report, May 9, 6:46 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
746 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001

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

0735 PM    LEXINGTON                 NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   DAWSON

Local storm report, May 9, 7:05 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
805 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
Q
0805 PM    FULLERTON                 NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   NANCE

Local storm report, May 9, 8:56 PM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
956 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

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

0950 PM    5 W RED CLOUD             NE    2.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   WEBSTER

0950 PM    5 W RED CLOUD             NE    75 MPH WIND GUST
05/09/01   WEBSTER                         ESTIMATED BY SPOTTER

0955 PM    4 N RED CLOUD            n NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   WEBSTER

DEG

Local storm report, May 9, 9:01 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION FOR LAST REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1001 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

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

0950 PM    5 W RED CLOUD             NE    2.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   WEBSTER

0950 PM    5 W RED CLOUD             NE    75 MPH WIND GUST
05/09/01   WEBSTER                         ESTIMATED BY SPOTTER

0955 PM    4 W RED CLOUD             NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   WEBSTER

DEG

Local storm report, May 9, 9:37 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED LOCATION FOR LAST REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1037 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

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

1035 PM    3 W EXETER                NE    0.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   FILLMORE

DEG

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Smith

When: May 9, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Smith County, 2 mi NW of Lebanon
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.833, -98.583

Hail, Jewell

When: May 9, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Jewell County, Formoso
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.783, -98.000

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.
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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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: 5253603, 5253604.