Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
Start: 2002-04-19T01:34
End: 2002-04-19T02:00
Location: Kansas

April 19, 2002 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 18, 1:50 PM CST, 11 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 1:50 PM CST, 11 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
250 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

FOR TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOOK GOOD WITH AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE AND LITTLE OR NO CAP. TOWERING CU STARTING TO DEVELOP
NEAR THE DRYLINE TO OUR SOUTHWEST. THINK THAT TONIGHT WILL BE
SOMEWHAT LIKE LAST NIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS INITIATING IN CENTRAL KS
AND MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THEN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP AS THE COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.

FOR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THE COLD FRONT EVENTUALLY STALLS
ACROSS SOUTHERN OK AND SOUTHERN MO FRIDAY WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE
FEEDING OVER IT. I LEFT A CHANCE FOR THUNDER IN EAST CENTRAL ZONES
FOR FRIDAY DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT AND THEY WILL STILL
BE IN THE WARM MOISTURE SECTOR A LITTLE LONGER. AFTER FRIDAY THINK
THE FRONT WILL BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH SO THAT ANY PRECIP THAT OCCURS
WILL BE WITHOUT THUNDER. THINK THAT THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL
BE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH
BEGINS TO LIFT OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES
FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WERE IN THE BALLPARK AND ONLY MADE MINOR
ADJUSTMENT.

LEFT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY DRY. A SHORTWAVE IS ADVERTISED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY BUT WITH SFC RIDGING ALONG THE GULF
COAST DO NOT THINK THERE SHOULD NOT BE A LOT OF MOISTURE RETURN.
AGREE WITH PMDEPD AND FOLLOWED THE MRF WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST. INSERTED A CHANCE FOR THUNDER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
LEE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND A SHORTWAVE
TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS DRAGGING
ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA. THE MRF KEEPS THE BETTER DYNAMICS
NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA SO ONLY WENT WITH SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR
NOW. WITH THE COLD FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND SHORTWAVE
RIDGING OVERHEAD ON THURSDAY...LEFT THE FORECAST DRY.

.TOP...NONE

WOLTERS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 12:21 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
121 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

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

1202 AM    7 WNW WHITE CITY          KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02   MORRIS                          PUBLIC REPORTED
                                           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

0107 AM    WAKEFIELD                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02   CLAY                            PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

0115 AM    1 N DELPHOS               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02   OTTAWA                          PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

0544 PM    5 SSE SOLOMON             KS    .88 INCH HAIL
04/18/02   DICKINSON                       PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL
                                           SIZE HAIL

0550 PM    ABILENE                   KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/18/02   DICKINSON                       PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
                                           SIZE HAIL ON EAST SIDE
                                           OF ABILENE

0606 PM    3 W JUNCTION CITY         KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02   GEARY                           PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

0707 PM    2 NNE HAVENSVILLE         KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/18/02   POTTAWATOMIE                    PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Apr 19, 12:23 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
123 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

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

0119 AM    GLASCO                    KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/19/02   CLOUD

Local storm report, Apr 19, 12:55 AM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
155 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

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

0138 AM    MINNEAPOLIS               KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/19/02   OTTAWA                          LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                           REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
                                           HAIL

Local storm report, Apr 19, 1:13 AM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
213 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

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

0206 AM    4 NE MINNEAPOLIS          KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/19/02   OTTAWA                          PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER
                                           SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
                                           NEAR 60 MPH WITH
                                           RORARING NOISE OVERHEAD

Local storm report, Apr 19, 1:17 AM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
217 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

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

0200 AM    2 N MINNEAPOLIS           KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02   OTTAWA                          PUBLIC REPORTED
                                           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Apr 19, 1:18 AM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
218 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002

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

0205 AM    WELLS                     KS    .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02   OTTAWA                          PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:41 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Clay

When: April 19, 1:34 AM CST
Where: Clay County, 10 mi E of Longford
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.167, -97.133

Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson

When: April 19, 1:35 AM CST
Where: Dickinson County, 5 mi W of Upland
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.083, -97.117

Hail, Riley

When: April 19, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Riley County, Ogden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.117, -96.717

Thunderstorm Wind, Riley

When: April 19, 1:55 AM CST
Where: Riley County, Riley
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.300, -96.833

Thunderstorm Wind, Riley

When: April 19, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Riley County, Manhattan
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.183, -96.583

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5290015, 5290016, 5290017, 5290018, 5290019.