3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 27, 7:28 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 828 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002 UPDATE... HAVE LOOKED AT EVENING UPPER AIR...WITH MAIN FEATURES INCLUDING A 700MB THETA E AXIS ACROSS WEST TX INTO CENTRAL KS...THIS MOISTURE PLUM IS ALSO EVIDENT HIGHER UP ON WATER VAPOR WITH A DIRECT SUBTROPICAL TAP WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WHERE THEY NEED IT THE MOST. PROCESSES IN THE 800-600MB LAYER WILL PLAY A LARGER ROLE THAN ANYTHING ELSE OVERNIGHT. MIXED LAYER CAPE IN THE 1000-2000 J/KG RANGE THIS EVENING SEEM TO BE FUELING ONGOING STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KS. AS THE EVENING WEARS ON AVAILABLE CAPE WILL DIMINISH AS STORMS BECOME ROOTED ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER. AS FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY MESOSCALE FORCING THAT WOULD ACT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORMS OVERNIGHT...DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THIS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. MAIN WAVE STILL ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...HOWEVER GIVEN ELEVATED INSTABILITY WITHIN MOISTURE/THETA E PLUME WILL LEAVE CURRENT 20-30 POPS GOING WEST OF THE TURNPIKE. OTHER THEN A FEW TEMP TWEAKS WITHIN GRIDS WILL NOT ALTER THE GOING FCST. OMITT .ICT...NONE.
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles snapped with associated power lines obviously downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2002
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: 5305226, 5305227, 5305228.