Kansas, 2002

Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 2002

June 26, 2002 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 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

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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 26, 1:19 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:19 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
219 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING THEN TEMPERATURES ARE THE
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG COLD FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH INTO
SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  MORE STORMS WERE CONTINUING
TO BUILD OUT WEST NEAR MCV.  MCV MOVING SOUTH SO SHOULD NOT AFFECT
THE CWA.  COLD FRONT WAS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS AND WILL BEGIN
AFFECTING THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  LAPS DATA SHOWS INSTABILITY
AXIS JUST AHEAD OF FRONT FROM EASTERN IOWA TO NORTHEAST KANSAS.
CAPES ARE AROUND 3000 J/KG IN FAR NORTHEAST KANSAS WITH CAP
WEAKENING.  EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY
AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN CWA.  NORTHEAST ZONES ARE LIKELY TO SEE
SCATTERED STORMS THIS EVENING...WITH OTHER AREAS WEST AND SOUTH WITH
CHANCE POPS TONIGHT.  FRONT LIMPS THROUGH THE CWA BY MORNING...BUT
WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MORNING SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOWER
DEW POINTS ON THURSDAY.

REST OF THE FORECAST WILL BE DOMINATED BY INCREASING HEIGHTS ALOFT
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH
TONIGHT WILL WASH OUT BEFORE A RETURN TRIP CAN BE MADE...AND ANY
UPPER IMPULSES WILL HARD TO PIN DOWN EARLY NEXT WEEK.  SO WILL
CONTINUE DRY FORECAST WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING INTO THE 90S BY
THE WEEKEND AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  BASICALLY A RETURN TO
SUMMERTIME PATTERN OF LATE.

.TOP...NONE

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The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Brown

When
June 26, 3:38 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 6 mi NE of Hiawatha
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.917, -95.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Nemaha

When
June 26, 4:10 PM CST
Where
Nemaha County, 3 mi NNW of Corning
Measured
63 kt (72 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.683, -96.050

Thunderstorm Wind, Nemaha

When
June 26, 4:14 PM CST
Where
Nemaha County, 1 mi NW of Corning
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.667, -96.050

Hail, Nemaha

When
June 26, 4:25 PM CST
Where
Nemaha County, 1 mi S of Corning
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.633, -96.033

Hail, Brown

When
June 26, 4:49 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 3 mi S of Hiawatha
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.800, -95.533

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.

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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: 5298500, 5298501, 5298502, 5298503, 5298504.