Hail in Kansas, October 11, 2011

Name: Hail in Kansas, October 11, 2011
Start: 2011-10-11T23:53
End: 2011-10-11T23:54
Location: Kansas

October 11, 2011 · NWS TOP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A line of storms produced sub-severe hail across portions of Central Kansas.

Where it happened

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

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Hail
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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 happened

The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.

A line of storms produced sub-severe hail across portions of Central Kansas.

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 Oct 11, 10:57 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 10:57 PM CST, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 11:36 PM CST, 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1236 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2011

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-130545-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
1236 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
EARLY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD BE STRONG.

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS COMES INTO THE AREA NEXT
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 10:56 PM CST, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1156 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

KSZ021-034-035-120545-
CLAY-DICKINSON-OTTAWA-
1156 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...

THROUGH 1245 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN
DICKINSON COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE
BENNINGTON...NILES...MANCHESTER...TALMAGE AND LONGFORD.

STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3923 9734 3899 9718 3895 9740 3895 9768
      3904 9773
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 248DEG 25KT 3899 9761

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:54 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dickinson

When: October 11, 11:53 PM CST to 11:54 PM CST
Where: Dickinson County, 2.82 mi N of Buckeye
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.090, -97.180

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

Every storm in Kansas in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, October 2011

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 352691.