2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 4, 2:05 AM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 305 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 ...MAIN CONCERN IS THE TIMING/AMOUNT OF PRECIP FOR TODAY/TONIGHT... NONE OF THE OPERATIONAL MODELS HAVE HANDLED CONVECTION WELL OVER THE PAST 24-36 HOURS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. MODELS HAVE A WEAK SHORTWAVE CROSSING THE AREA TOWARD 12Z...AND THIS MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THE SOME OF THE CONVECTION DEVELOPING WEST OF EMPORIA. THIS SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...WITH ANOTHER DUE THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE RAIN APPEARS TO BE A CERTAINTY FOR TODAY...AM CONCERNED THAT THE BEGINNING OF MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL AT LEAST NOON FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL PHASE IN THE PRECIP WITH LIKELY NORTHCENTRAL AND CHANCE REST OF AREA THIS MORNING...THEN LIKELY ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN TO USE A FROPA FASTER THAN ETA...BUT MAYBE A SHADE SLOWER THAN THE AVN. WILL SPEED UP ENDING OF PRECIP FOR THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TO 06Z WEDNESDAY. ONLY PLAN TO INCLUDE A CHANCE FOR RW- IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING (12-15Z) AS THE H500 TROF MOVES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. COOL AND DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WEDNESDAY...BUT SUNNY SKIES WILL ALLOW ABOUT 56 DEGREES MORE WARMING ON THURSDAY...WITH MID/UPPER 80S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS SOUTH WINDS BEGIN TO RETURN. ROGERS .TOP...NONE
KSZ010>012-022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-042200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 906 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM NEAR WICHITA TO TOPEKA. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT THE MAIN THREAT FORM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AS THE MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COLD FRONT. DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATED NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THERE IS LITTLE THREAT FOR TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA. WOLTERS
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:48 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a radio station and started a fire that destroyed some equipment.
Strong winds knocked down trees onto power lines and disrupted power for a time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2002
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: 5298376, 5298377, 5298378, 5298379.