Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- July 28, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, 1 mi N of Dover
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.983, -95.933
Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 28, 2002
4 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 Jul 28, 2:15 PM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:15 PM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 315 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS WITH PRECIP CHANCES TONIGHT. WILL CANCEL HEAT ADVISORY. CLOUD COVER HAS HELD AFTERNOON HIGHS IN CHECK. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN KS. TONIGHT WILL BE THE BEST CHANCE IN A COUPLE WEEKS FOR WIDE SPREAD PRECIP ACROSS THE AREA. ONE SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM NORTHERN OK INTO SOUTHERN MO WHILE A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROPAGATES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWERS 70S. THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. THERE IS A RISK FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE INSTABILITY. HOWEVER BELIEVE THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD MISS OUT ON THE BRUNT OF THE UPPER DYNAMICS. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN CLEARING THINGS OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY TOMORROW AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST AND ZONAL FLOW SETS UP. WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KS, THINK THAT TEMPS THERE SHOULD REBOUND BACK TO AROUND 90. WITH CLOUDS HANGING IN A LITTLE LONGER IN EAST CENTRAL KS, KEPT TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S. THE ETA AND MESO ETA PROG THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY UNDERNEATH THE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS NEB. FEEL THAT THE BEST SURFACE CONVERGENCE SHOULD BE TO FAR NORTH AND LEFT THINGS DRY. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE WATCHED TO SEE IF ANY OTHER MODELS PICK UP ON IT. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY EVENING AND INTO FRIDAY AS THE MRF, AND TO SOME EXTENT THE CANADIAN, BRINGS A COLD FRONT INTO SOUTHERN NEB. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP SHOULD BE ALONG THE NEB STATE LINE. MADE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVIOUS FORECAST TO REFLECT THIS. OTHERWISE, THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED LOOKS TO BE HOT AND DRY. THE WESTERLIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BACK UP INTO CANADA WITH THE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL STATES. .TOP...NONE. WOLTERS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:19 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ008>010-020>022-034-035-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 719 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH #546... REPUBLIC WASHINGTON CLOUD OTTAWA SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH #546... CONCORDIA TORNADO WATCH #546 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MARSHALL CLAY RILEY DICKINSON SOME CITIES STILL IN TORNADO WATCH #546... ABILENE MANHATTAN CLAY CENTER MARYSVILLE
Local storm report, Jul 28, 6:37 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
737 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0736 PM 4 W DELAVAN KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/28/02 MORRISLocal storm report, Jul 28, 7:00 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
800 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0751 PM 2 S WHITE CITY KS 70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/28/02 MORRISSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 7:01 PM CST, 41 minutes before
KSZ010-021-022-035-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 801 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002 TORNADO WATCH #546 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... MARSHALL CLAY RILEY DICKINSON SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN TORNADO WATCH #546... ABILENE MANHATTAN CLAY CENTER MARYSVILLE
Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:42 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
842 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0842 PM 1 N DOVER KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/28/02 SHAWNEEThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- July 28, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, Auburn
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -95.817
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- July 28, 7:48 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, 5 mi N of Topeka
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.117, -95.683
Strong winds broke some windows north of Topeka.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- July 28, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Osage City
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.633, -95.817
What these are
- 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
- Heat in Maryland, July 28 to 29, 2002
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 28 to 30, 2002
- Heat in Maryland, July 28 to 30, 2002
- Tornado in New York, July 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 28, 2002
- Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 28, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 28, 2002
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 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: 5304630, 5304631, 5304632, 5304633.