Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 11, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 11, 2002
Start: 2002-06-11T19:49
End: 2002-06-11T20:30
Location: Kansas

June 11, 2002 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 Jun 11, 12:36 PM CST, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 12:36 PM CST, 7 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
136 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

RAIN THREAT AND TEMPERATURES ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

ENVIRONMENT IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE SO POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS STILL EXISTS.  WILL RETAIN THIS ASPECT IN NEW FORECAST
PACKAGE. CONVECTIVE THREAT CONTINUES WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IN THE
AREA ALONG WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY TO ASSIST WITH FORCING THROUGH
WEDSNESDAY NIGHT.  SPC ALSO OUTLOOKS CWA FOR SLIGHT RISK SEVERE
WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WILL GO DRY FROM THURSDAY ON EXCEPT HAVE INCERTED THUNDERSTORMS BACK
IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND AS NORTHWEST FLOW EVENTS COULD
TRANSPIRE.

ON TEMPERATURES...HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF LATEST GUIDANCE WITH
CURRENT FORECAST TOPPED OFF WITH TREND TOWARD CONSISTENCY WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES.

.TOP...NONE

LWS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:45 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0530 PM    8 ESE CONCORDIA           KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   CLOUD

Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:24 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
724 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0722 PM    9 N MORROWVILLE           KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:28 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
728 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0659 PM    2 NE OGDEN                KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/02   RILEY                           TRAINED SPOTTER
                                           REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS

Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:56 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
756 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0645 PM    4 ESE JUNCTION CITY       KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   GEARY                           PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:34 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
834 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0812 PM    7 E ALTA VISTA            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02   WABAUNSEE                       PUBLIC REPORTED DIME
                                           SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:46 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

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

0845 PM    13 S ALMA                 KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/02   WABAUNSEE                       TREE DOWN AND 60 MPH
                                           WINDS REPORTED BY LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:06 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Shawnee

When: June 11, 7:49 PM CST
Where: Shawnee County, Topeka
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A funnel cloud was sighted by Law Enforcement officials.

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee

When: June 11, 8:05 PM CST
Where: Shawnee County, 5 mi N of Topeka
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.117, -95.683

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee

When: June 11, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Shawnee County, Auburn
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.900, -95.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: June 11, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Scranton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.783, -95.733

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: June 11, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Osage County, 2 mi W of Overbrook
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.783, -95.583

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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, June 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: 5298395, 5298396, 5298397, 5298398, 5298399.