Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 22, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 22, 2001
Start: 2001-09-22T23:00
End: 2001-09-22T23:20
Location: Kansas

September 22, 2001 · NWS TOP · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 22, 2:30 PM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:30 PM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITIES THE MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN...THEN
HOW COOL TO GO WITH TEMPERATURES OVER NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

LINGERING ELEVATED CONVECTION FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION CONTINUES TO
SLOWLY WEAKEN WITH NOT MUCH MORE THAN SHOWERS REMAINING OVER
SOUTHERN PART OF CWA. ALTHOUGH EARLIER HAD FAIRLY PRONOUNCED OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...RECENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATING NOT MUCH OF A BOUNDARY
REMAINS ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE BACKED MORE TO A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION
AS COMPARED TO SOUTHERLY WINDS FARTHER WEST OVER CENTRAL KS. SURFACE
TROUGH STILL WELL TO THE WEST...RUNNING FROM BETWEEN GLD/HLC TO
BETWEEN LBF/LXN AT 19Z WHILE INSTABILITY/MOISTURE AXIS OF 65-70
DEWPOINTS RUNNING UP THROUGH CENTER OF KS. PER SWOMCD DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CERTAINLY LOOKING LIKE A GOOD
BET FROM SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS EARLY TONIGHT AS DIGGING UPPER TROUGH...PER WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY...AND SURFACE FRONT PLOUGHS INTO MOISTURE STREAMING
NORTH ON GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. THUS WILL GO WITH LIKELY TO UNQUALIFIED
WORDING IN ZONES AND KEEP THE MENTION OF POSSIBLY SEVERE...AT LEAST
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

BEYOND TONIGHT...STRONGEST COLD FRONT OF SEASON WILL BRING FIRST
REAL TOUCH OF FALL TO THE AREA THROUGH MID WEEK. OVERALL...FAVOR THE
WARMER FWC GUIDANCE OVER MUCH COLDER FAN AND MAV NUMBERS. CANT BUY
THE FAN/MAV NUMBERS DOWN IN THE 30S MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS
AS MODELS INDICATING WILL STILL HAVE ENOUGH OF A GRADIENT/MIXING TO
KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING ANY LOWER THAN THE LOWER 40S.

FOR SUNDAY...TIME SECTIONS INDICATING WILL STILL HAVE CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN BOUNDARY LAYER WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATUS
LIKELY IN MORNING...GIVING WAY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. PER FWC...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 LOOK
REASONABLE.

BEYOND SUNDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER AREA...MODELS INDICATING
LOTS OF SUNSHINE LIKELY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A GRADUAL
WARMUP BEYOND MID WEEK. WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST ALL THE WAY THROUGH
SATURDAY FOR NOW ALTHOUGH MRF BEGINNING TO HINT AT SYSTEM POSSIBLY
MOVING THROUGH RIDGE AND CREATING SHOWERS ON FRIDAY.

.TOP...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 22, 9:56 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1056 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1053 PM    3 SSE MARYSVILLE          KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/22/01   MARSHALL

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:02 PM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1102 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1057 PM    1 S NORWAY                KS    1 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   REPUBLIC

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:05 PM CST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1105 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1105 PM    CONCORDIA                 KS    1 INCH HAIL
09/22/01   CLOUD

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:10 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1110 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1100 PM    RANDOLPH                  KS    70 MPH TSTM GUST
09/22/01   RILEY

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:26 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1126 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1120 PM    6 SE WESTMORELAND         KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/22/01   POTTAWATOMIE

Local storm report, Sep 22, 10:53 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1153 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

1153 PM    2 NW DELIA                KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
09/22/01   JACKSON

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee

When: September 22, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Shawnee County, Auburn
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.900, -95.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee

When: September 22, 11:08 PM CST
Where: Shawnee County, Topeka
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 39.050, -95.683

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: September 22, 11:20 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Oskaloosa
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.217, -95.317

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5266369, 5266370, 5266371.