Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T13:10
End: 2002-06-26T14:18
Location: Kansas

June 26, 2002 · NWS DDC · 10 events in 5 counties and zones

7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 2:02 AM CST, 11 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:02 AM CST, 11 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
302 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

DAYS 1-2...
MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE PRECIP NEXT COUPLE DAYS BASED ON LOCATION OF
SURFACE BOUNDARY POSITION.  TSRA STILL ADVANCING SOUTHWARD BUT
STEADILY WEAKENING AS STORMS MOVING INTO LOWER CAPE REGION. ETA
BRINGS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VORT INTO WESTERN CWA. THIS IS MOST
LIKELY SOME FEEDBACK FROM WEAKENING MCS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS.
MODELS PUT FRONT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH CWA TODAY AND STALLS IT OUT
THERE THROUGH THURSDAY. WILL PROBABLY GO WITH 30 POPS FOR MOST OF
CWA TODAY AND TONIGHT AS FRONT SHOULD SERVE AS A FOCAL POINT FOR
STORMS.  MID LEVEL CAP IS STILL THERE TODAY/TONIGHT BUT DOES NOT
LOOK AS STRONG. THEN WILL GO FOR LATE AFTERNOON POPS ON THURSDAY AND
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AS SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOP NEAR FRONT.

FOR TEMPS NEXT FOUR PERIODS, STAYED FAIRLY CLOSE TO GOING FORECAST
EXCEPT WENT A LITTLE WARMER FOR MOST OF THE AREA THURSDAY WITH A BIT
MORE SUN.

DAYS 3-7...
NO CHANGES.  STILL LOOKING ON TRACK FOR A HOT WEEKEND.

PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST.

DDC   91  66  93  66 /  30  30   0  30
GCK   92  65  94  64 /  30  30   0  30
EHA   94  66  97  64 /  30  30  20  30
LBL   94  66  94  65 /  30  30   0  30
HYS   90  66  93  65 /  30  30   0  30
P28   93  68  93  68 /  30  30   0   0

.DDC...NONE.

FCSTID = 15

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:39 AM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
839 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0330 AM    4NW CIMARRON              KS   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   GRAY

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:24 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-270600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1124 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION LATE TODAY AND THIS
EVENING SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM LACROSSE TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE.
THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 4 TO 10 PM CDT.

AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON AND THE SUN BREAKS THROUGH IN A FEW
PLACES, SURFACE HEATING WILL COMMENCE.  CONDITIONS WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.  DURING THE DAY,
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EAST OF A WAKEENEY TO ASHLAND LINE,
WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS BEING LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH.  BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON, ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A LACROSSE TO DODGE CITY TO
MEADE LINE.  AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60
MPH.  EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGES IN THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DDC

BURKE

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa

When: June 26, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Kiowa County, 3 mi SSW of Haviland
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.583, -99.117

Hail, Stafford

When: June 26, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Stafford County, 4 mi S of St John
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.967, -98.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Stafford

When: June 26, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Stafford County, 4 mi S of St John
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.967, -98.750

Hail, Comanche

When: June 26, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, 8 mi S of Coldwater
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.150, -99.333

Hail, Comanche

When: June 26, 1:12 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, 8 mi S of Coldwater
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.150, -99.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Stafford

When: June 26, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Stafford County, Stafford
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 37.967, -98.600

Hail, Stafford

When: June 26, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Stafford County, 2 mi W of Stafford
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.967, -98.633

Hail, Comanche

When: June 26, 1:44 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, 13 mi SE of Coldwater
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.133, -99.167

Hail, Pratt

When: June 26, 1:49 PM CST
Where: Pratt County, 2 mi NE of Iuka
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.750, -98.700

Hail, Barber

When: June 26, 2:18 PM CST
Where: Barber County, 18 mi W of Medicine Lodge
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.283, -98.917

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.
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

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: 5305137, 5305138, 5305139, 5305140, 5305233, 5305234, 5305235, 5305236, 5305237, 5305238.