Hail, Jefferson
- When
- September 20, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 1 mi N of Mc Louth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.217, -95.217
Hail in Kansas, September 20 to 22, 2001
2 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
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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 20, 1:35 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 1:35 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 235 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001 APPEARS TSTMS EARLY AND LATE IN MID TERM FCST MAIN CONCERNS. GOOD PRESSURE RISES SRN NE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BRING THE FNT THROUGH OUR CWA THIS EVENING. TSTMS WILL BE SCATTERED ALG IT...PSBLY SVR THIS EVENING WITH MODERATE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY. CLEAR SAILING THEN TIL SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN NEXT IN SERIES OF WAVES APPCHS AREA. WILL BRING CHC FOR TSTMS BACK TO FCST SATURDAY NIGHT. NEAR NORMAL TO SLGHTLY ABV NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...MIX OF AVM AND NGM MOS TEMPS LOOKS BEST. .TOP...NONE
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- September 22, 7:57 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 1 mi E of Hanover
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.883, -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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 20, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, September 20, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, September 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Texas, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, September 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 20 to 23, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, September 20, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 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: 5266585, 5266586.