Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 26, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 26, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T19:52
End: 2002-06-26T20:15
Location: Kansas

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

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
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, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:19 PM CST, 6 hours 33 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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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:38 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
738 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0736 PM    ALMA                      KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   WABAUNSEE

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:49 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
749 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0745 PM    LAWRENCE                  KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   DOUGLAS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:50 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
750 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0745 PM    PARKERVILLE               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   MORRIS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:26 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
826 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0749 PM    WILLIAMSBURG              KS    65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   FRANKLIN                        REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:33 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
833 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0757 PM    7 E ALTA VISTA            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/02   WABAUNSEE

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:46 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
846 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

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

0805 PM    1 E WILLIAMSBURG          KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/26/02   FRANKLIN

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:53 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey

When: June 26, 7:52 PM CST
Where: Coffey County, 5 mi ESE of Gridley
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.067, -95.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon

When: June 26, 8:07 PM CST
Where: Lyon County, 9 mi SW of Emporia
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.300, -96.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon

When: June 26, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Lyon County, Emporia
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.400, -96.183

Lightning, Lyon

When: June 26, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Lyon County, Emporia
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 38.456, -96.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck a power line knocking out power for a time.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon

When: June 26, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Lyon County, 5 mi N of Olpe
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.333, -96.167

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.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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: 5297136, 5297137, 5297138, 5297139, 5297140.