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The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise, Thursday, June
Is your county or city StormReady??
Many laws and regulations help local emergency
managers deal with hazardous spills, fires, search and
rescue operations and medical crises but there are few
guidelines dealing With hazardous weather.
Recognizing this need, the National Weather Service
NATIONAL Wx.~,THER 8ERVIClE
designed the StormReady Program to help cities,
counties and towns implement procedures to reduce the potential for disastrous,
consequences.
weather:related
StormReady is a national program that encourages counties and cities to take a proactive
approach to hazardous weather operations by providing a specific set of criterion and guidelines. The
program is voluntary and the advice is population-based so cities and counties with limited resources
can still participate.
Since Americans live in the most severe weather-prone country on earth, it is highly important that
local officials have a weather operations plan in place. StormReadycan provide clear-cut advice and
recommendations through a partnership with the local National Weather Service office. Being
recognized StormReady tells citizens, governing boards and local officials that the their city and/or
county has met accredited National Weather Service recornrmndations and is prepared for all weather
threats.
To be recognized as StormReady, some of the criteria a county or community must meet include:
establishing a 24 hour warning point, have more than one way to receive National Weather Service
watch and warning information, be able to warn citizens of critical weather, monitor local eather
conditions, develop a hazardous weather plan and promote weather safety and readiness through
presentations. Through a formal application and site visit process, a county or city can be recognized
as StormReady.
Kansas has a statewide StormReady Advisory Board comprised of officials from the National
Weather Service, Kansas Emergency Management agency and the Kansas Emergency Management
Association. Since inception in 2000, nine counties; Johnson, Douglas, Shawnee, Sedgwick,
Thomas, Leavenworth, Butler, Cowley and Harvey, and the city of Scranton have been
certified as StormReady. Nationwide around 300 entities in 39 states have been reco ized as
StormReady.
Applications and specific details can be obtained from local Kansas National Weather Service offices,
with additional information available at the followirig web sites:
www.nws.noaa.t ov/stormread .vl www.crh.noaa. ov/top/sr.htm
2001 SEVERE WEATHER SUMMARY
North-central, Northeast and Eastcentral Kansas
National Weather Senice, Topeka
It was an active severe weather season with 10 tornadoes, occasional flash flooding and
frequent episodes of hail and high winds. Although there were no injuries reported, one
fatality did occur in Jackson county at a low water crossing.
The severe weather season "officially" began on February 24 when the first severe
thunderstorm warning of 2001 was issued for Pottawatomie county. The one fatality of the
year also occurred on February 24 northwest of Ma)etta, in Jackson county,,when swiftly flowing
water crossing swept a man into a swollen creek.
waters at a rural low
Cold weather in March kept things quiet, but the season got into high gear in April when high winds, some in excess
of 70 mph blasted the area on the 60'. The storms produced numerous reports of damage across much of north-central
Kansas. Reports of hail and high winds occurred again on April 10 in a large swath of the area.
The seasons first tornado hit around midnight near Courtland in Republic county on April 11. Three other tornados
followed shortly afterward; another in Republic county and two in Washington county. Considerable damage occurred
near Courtland with scattered generally light damage elsewhere.
Large hail, some to the size of softballs, and winds to 70 mph, affected nearly all of our area on April 14.
Widespread hail damage occurred at Scranton in Osage county, while winds damaged mobile homes in Lawrence. In
addition, heavy downpours produced flash flooding in Jefferson, Douglas and Osage counties. April continued it's
severe weather rampage on 3 consecutive days with more reports of large hail, damaging winds and flooding on the 20,
21 and 22.
May, normally a very active month, was rather tranquil in 2001. The only tornado during the month hit briefly near
Rydat in rural Republic county on the 8~ taking down power lines and a few trees. Other reports of large hail and high
winds occurred from Emporia to Lawrence and Garnett on May 17 with isolated flash flooding noted in Anderson
county and near Melvern Lake.
Active weather returned in June with numerous reports of severe weather and flooding on several days. In addition, two
large tornadoes formed on the 13" in northern Republic county, near Munden and Narka. The tornadoes, one
nearly ahalf mile wide, damaged several farm homes and trees. Fortunately there were no injuries nor fatalities. Flash
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flooding was most common in June and occurred in the Brown and Nemaha county areas on the 3 and 4 , and a,.-ro~s
Jackson, Jefferson and Douglas counties on 19"' and 204. Rainfall of up to 11 inches caused unprecedented flooding
from Stranger creek that closed parts of lnferstate 70 east of Lawrence. Many rural roads in the 3 counties were under
water.
On June 16"~ widespread severe thunderstorms dropped baseball size hail in the Manhattan and St George areas.
Extensive damage occurred to buildings and greenhouses at Kansas State University.
Although hot and humid weather prevailed in much of July, thunderstorms on the 18u' produced wind ~,usts to around
70 mph from about Belleville to Hiawatha. In addition the storms dumped flooding rains across Nemaha and Bro~n
counties closing some roads and highways. Heavy rains again caused flash flooding generally between Washington.
Clay Center and Marysville on July 27" and 28".
In August, hot and dry weather held most of the month until a strong cold front sparked severe storms on the 23"~.
Large hail, wind gusts to around 70 mph and torrential rainfall coverod most of the area during the late day and
evening hours. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the damaging winds.
The active pattern continued into September as several severe weather episodes were noted. The most significant ~as
dn September 7 when 3 tornadoes hit between Abilene and Manhattan, The first tracked about 8 miles from near
Upland in northeast Dickinson county across Milford Lake betbre dissipating. The tornado was quite visible in the
afternoon sunlight and damaged several buildings, trees and a power substation. The second tornado touched do~n
briefly in an open area of the Fort Riley Military reservation, while the third hit the city park in Abilene. Again, no
injuries nor fatalities occurred,
Other thunderstorms on September 7 produced wind damage in Lyndon, Lawrence,Baldwin City and Eudora. Later,
on both September r6.and 22 severe storms produced damaging winds and hail over much of the area. Lightning
started a barn on fire near Sabetha while power poles were knocked down near Fairview. In addition, heavy rains
caused flash flooding on the 16" across parts of Nemaha. Brown and Jackson counties.
The rest of the year remained quiet as no severe storms moved throul~h our area.
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