Kansas, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 7, 2001

September 7, 2001 · NWS GID · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 7, 1:00 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 1:00 AM CST, 20 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
200 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

SHORT AFD DUE TO SVR WX PASSING THRU AND NEW WATCH ISSUED. COLD
FRONT CUTTING ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING SETTING OFF WIDE SPREAD
CONVECTION. LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST
THRU THE MORNING. LOOKING ONLY AT ETA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD LINGER THRU MOST OF THE DAY...SO GOING CATEGORICAL.

MUCH COOLER TEMPS IN STORE FOR THE AREA THRU SUNDAY. GUIDANCE HIGHS
TODAY A BIT UNREALISTIC SO WILL GO COOLER. GUIDANCE HIGHS AND LOWS
AFTERWARDS ARE IN THE BALL PARK FOR THE MOST PART.

MODELS IN AGREEMENT THAT CLOUDS STAY THICK THRU AT LEAST SUNDAY.

NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED.

.GID...NONE.

DEE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:12 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1212 AM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

1200 AM    ELWOOD                    NE    .75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   GOSPER                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

GUYER
Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:47 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1247 AM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

1240 AM    9 W ORD                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   VALLEY                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

GUYER
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:13 AM CST, 7 minutes before
NEZ039-040-046-047-060-061-072>074-082-083-070745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
213 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 711 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA HAS EXPIRED...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
REST OF THE MORNING HOURS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER
ANTICIPATED.

IF YOU HAVE DAMAGE TO REPORT DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT
LOCAL LAW OFFICIALS...WHO WILL THEN RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE
HASTINGS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

DEE

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Osborne

When
September 7, 1:20 AM CST
Where
Osborne County, Alton
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.467, -98.950

Hail, Mitchell

When
September 7, 3:35 PM CST
Where
Mitchell County, Glen Elder
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.500, -98.300

Hail, Osborne

When
September 7, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Osborne County, 4 mi S of Downs
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.450, -98.550

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5269853, 5269854, 5269952.