Hail, Harper
- When
- April 23, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Harper County, Harper
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.283, -98.017
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 23, 2002
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
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 11:05 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 11:05 PM CST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1205 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2002 TONIGHT: RICHER THETA-E AIR TAKING AIM AT SC KS. SCT TSRA RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER ERN HARPER & SRN SUMNER COUNTIES ALONG NOSE OF THIS RICHER MSTR & STRENGTHENING 850-MB JET. TSRA ELEVATED (8KFT) WITH FAIRLY STEEP MID-LVL LAPSE RATES & HEFTY CAPE WHEN PARCELS LIFTED FROM 700-MB. AS SUCH UPDATED ZONES FOR SC KS TO REMOVE POP UNCERTAINTY & INSERT SCT DESCRIPTOR. ES .ICT...NONE.
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:03 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- April 23, 1:33 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, 1 mi S of Argonia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -97.767
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- April 23, 1:33 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Argonia
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -97.767
Tree damage.
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
- High Wind in Idaho, April 23, 2002
- High Wind in North Dakota, April 23, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 23, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 23 to 24, 2002
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 23, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 23, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 23, 2002
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 23, 2002
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 23, 2002
- Hail in Missouri, April 23, 2002
- Hail in Missouri, April 23, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, April 23, 2002
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: 5289456, 5289454, 5289455.