Kansas, 2002

Hail in Kansas, February 19, 2002

February 19, 2002 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

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

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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 Feb 19, 2:10 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 2:10 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
210 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2002

ENDING PRECIP TONIGHT...THEN ANOTHER PRECIP POSSIBILITY MONDAY...AND
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS.

FRONT COMING THROUGH HAS SET OFF CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST
AND NEED TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE EVENING HOURS UNTIL FRONT WELL
THROUGH THE CWA.  RESIDUAL RAIN SHOWERS BACK AS FAR WEST AS ABILENE
AREA MAY LINGER A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING AS WELL.

NEXT EVENT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND SETS UP WARM ADVECTION
PATTERN SO WILL INCLUDE POPS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.  WILL GO
CHANCE SNOW MONDAY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND CHANCE MIXTURE ELSEWHERE
...THEN A CHANCE FOR SNOW CWA WIDE MONDAY NIGHT.  WILL GO DRY FOR
NOW ON TUESDAY ALTHOUGH SOME POSSIBILITY PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER
INTO THAT DAY AS WELL.

REGARDING TEMPERATURES...HAVE FOLLOWED A GENERAL BLEND OF LATEST
GUIDANCE CONSENSUS WITH CURRENT FORECAST.

.TOP...NONE

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The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Shawnee

When
February 19, 3:13 PM CST
Where
Shawnee County, 1 mi SE of Topeka
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.033, -95.667

Hail, Shawnee

When
February 19, 3:15 PM CST
Where
Shawnee County, (Foe)forbes Fld Tope
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.950, -95.667

Hail, Shawnee

When
February 19, 3:28 PM CST
Where
Shawnee County, 4 mi S of Tecumseh
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.000, -95.583

Hail, Douglas

When
February 19, 3:42 PM CST
Where
Douglas County, Stull
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
38.967, -95.450

Hail, Douglas

When
February 19, 3:52 PM CST
Where
Douglas County, 2 mi N of Lawrence
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.000, -95.233

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

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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: 5282693, 5282694, 5282695, 5282696, 5282697.