Kansas, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 16, 2001

September 16, 2001 · NWS EAX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$7,000
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 16, 12:00 PM CST, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 12:00 PM CST, 8 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2001

COMPLICATED FORECAST PRESENTING SEVERAL CHALLENGES. FIRST QUESTION
WILL BE HOW TO HANDLE PRECIPITATION CHANCES/TIMING OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE DAYS...AND THEN TEMPERATURES TRENDS.  WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
SHOWING UPPER LOW OVER NEBRASKA/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER CONTINUING SLOW
TREK EASTWARD...WITH SERIES OF WEAKER SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH
CWA. MOST RECENT WAVE...WITH ASSOCIATED BAND OF PRECIPITATION MOVING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

FORECAST MODELS INDICATE THAT CLOSED OFF UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN
PLAINS...SHOULD OPEN UP AND GRADUALLY MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY
TUESDAY...IN RESPONSE TO TROUGH DEEPENING IN THE ROCKIES. SHOULD SEE
INCREASE IN SHRA/ISOLATED TSRA ACTIVITY AGAIN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
OVER NORTHERN CWA...AS VORT LOBE EXTENDS SOUTH INTO CWA FROM
NORTHERN PLAINS UPPER LOW. CURRENT FORECAST HAS CHANCE POPS INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD...HOWEVER MAY MAKE SOME
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR TIMING AND/OR LOCATION...AND MAY ALSO BUMP
SOME AREAS INTO LIKELY CATEGORY FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY...WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE
FOR A DRY AND MILD END TO THE WORK WEEK. IN GENERAL...GUIDANCE
TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE IN THE BALLPARK. FOR MOST LOCATIONS...AM
PLANNING TO USE A BLEND OF FWC/MAV NUMBERS.

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

MJM

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:35 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Leavenworth

When
September 16, 8:35 PM CST
Where
Leavenworth County, 4 mi NW of Leavenworth
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.350, -94.967

Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth

When
September 16, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Leavenworth County, 6 mi NE of Easton
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage
$7,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.417, -95.033

Siding blown off house. Gazebo attached to house torn off. Above ground pool with water blown over. Many tree limbs 12 to 18 inches in diameter snapped off.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5267473, 5267474.