1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sep 17, 2:05 PM CST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 305 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS EXTENT AND DURATION OF HEAVY PRECIP. SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KS TONIGHT. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT, DEEP MOISTURE, AND INCREASING LOW-LEVEL JET TO PRODUCE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF KS OVERNIGHT. COMBINED WITH 3 HOUR FLASH FLOOD INDICES AROUND 2 FOR MANY COUNTIES...PATTERN IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TO WARRANT FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SECONDARY UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH ON TUESDAY AND MAINTAIN RAIN CHANCES THROUGHOUT DAY IN CENTRAL KANSAS, AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT OVER EASTERN KANSAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN DEFORMATION ZONE IN EASTERN KANSAS ON TUESDAY, BUT WILL LET MIDNIGHT SHIFT DETERMINE WHETHER EXTENSION TO FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS WARRANTED FOR THAT DAY. NEXT PRECIP CHANCES LOOK TO BE SATURDAY AS BOTH MRF AND 12Z AVN MODELS BRING WEAK UPPER TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL PLANS ALONG WITH SURFACE TROUGH. SO HAVE ADDED CHANCE IN FORECAST FOR THAT DAY. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK TO BE SIMILAR TO GOING FORECAST AND WILL DIFFER LITTLE FROM THEM. .ICT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL OF CWA FOR TONIGHT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1036 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 PM 4 S BUSHTON KS .88 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY AGTAP
OBSERVER.
0409 PM CHASE KS 80 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0415 PM CHASE KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0430 PM LYONS KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0430 PM LYONS KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0432 PM LYONS KS .88 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0510 PM 6 S LITTLE RIVER KS 2.50 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0512 PM 4 SLITTLE RIVER KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0512 PM 8 E SAXMAN KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0520 PM 7 NW INMAN KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0522 PM 7 SE LITTLE RIVER KS .88 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE PUBLIC REPORT.
0535 PM 6 S WINDOM KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 MCPHERSON REPORTED BY AGTAP
OBSERVER.
0543 PM 6 E MILBERGER KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RUSSELL PUBLIC REPORT.
MRUPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1057 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0458 PM 5 E SAXMAN KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RICE REPORTED BY AGTAP
OBSERVER.
0532 PM 8 SW CASSODAY KS 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/17/01 BUTLER PUBLIC REPORT.
0620 PM 1 N BUHLER KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 RENO REPORTED BY EOC.
0635 PM 1 S BURRTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 HARVEY REPORTED BY EOC.
0640 PM 3 W HESSTON KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 HARVEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0640 PM 3 N BURRTON KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 HARVEY REPORTED BY BURRTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
0645 PM ROSALIA KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 BUTLER REPORTED BY AGTAP
OBSERVER.
0645 PM 7 N BURRTON KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 HARVEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0656 PM 4 W BURRTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 HARVEY REPORTED BY AGTAP
OBSERVER.
0735 PM 3 W NEWTON KS 75 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/17/01 HARVEY PUBLIC REPORT.
0737 PM 2 W NEWTON KS WIND DAMAGE
09/17/01 HARVEY HARVEY COUNTY EOC REPORTED
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
BUILDING.
0737 PM 2 W NEWTON KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 HARVEY REPORTED BY EOC.
0746 PM NEWTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
09/17/01 HARVEY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0905 PM 3 NE GREAT BEND KS 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/17/01 BARTON REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER VIA HAM RADIO.
0930 PM GREAT BEND KS FLASH FLOOD
09/17/01 BARTON LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
2-3 FEET OF WATER OVER
HIGHWAY 281 IN GREAT BEND.
1035 PM 1 N LYONS KS FLASH FLOOD
09/17/01 RICE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 2
FEET OF WATER OVER K14
NORTH OF LYONS.
MRUThe Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:18 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree extending over a three-bedroom house was struck. The discharge traveled to the house, entering through telephone wiring as well as possibly a television cable and light fixture. The resulting fire was contained in one bedroom.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 2001
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: 5262975.