Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- April 11, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, Alta Vista
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -96.483
Hail in Kansas, April 11, 2002
5 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
- 5
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 Apr 11, 1:41 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 1:41 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 241 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002 THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING THE MAIN CONCERN... CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE STARTING TO FIRE ALONG THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS SHOULD MOVE EAST AND SWEEP OUT OF THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS. DRY WEATHER FRIDAY BEFORE NEXT EPISODE STARTS OVER WESTERN COUNTIES FRIDAY NIGHT AND ALL CWA SATURDAY ENDING IN THE EAST SATURDAY NIGHT. MORE CONVECTION EXPECTED NEXT WEEK AS SHORT WAVES COME THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW. FOLLOWED A BLEND OF CURRENT FORECAST WITH LATEST GUIDANCE CONSENSUS AND COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES REGARDING TEMPERATURES. .TOP...NONE 34
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-120200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 325 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 UNTIL 800 PM... STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ACTIVELY MONITORING THE WEATHER THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GULF MOISTURE HAS RETURNED TO THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND SHOULD HELP TO SET OFF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORM MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:10 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ034>038-054-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 410 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84... OTTAWA SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84... MINNEAPOLIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #84 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... GEARY WABAUNSEE DICKINSON MORRIS LYON SOME CITIES STILL IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 84... EMPORIA ABILENE JUNCTION CITY
Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:24 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
624 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0502 PM 3 W MORRILL KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/11/02 BROWNLocal storm report, Apr 11, 5:37 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
637 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0636 PM DWIGHT KS 1 INCH HAIL
04/11/02 MORRISLocal storm report, Apr 11, 5:39 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
639 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM 3 SW HERINGTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
04/11/02 DICKINSONThe radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:39 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- April 11, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, Alta Vista
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -96.483
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- April 11, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, Alta Vista
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -96.483
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- April 11, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, 5 mi N of Dover
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.033, -95.933
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 11, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 1 mi SE of Perry
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.067, -95.383
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
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2002
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: 5289770, 5289771, 5289772, 5289773, 5289774.