1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 9, 2:15 AM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 315 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002 PRECIPITATION CHANCES INTO MID WEEK MAIN CONCERN. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE THAT GENERATED TS OVER THE TX PANHANDLE AND OK IS EXPECTED TO CLIP MORE OF THE CWA THEN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THE ETA HAS COME CLOSER TO THE AVN IN HANDLING THIS FEATURE. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME LINGERING PRECIP IN THE EAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THINK THAT IT WILL COME TO AN END DURING THE EVENING AS THE WAVE MOVES EAST OF THE CWA. THE NEXT PROBLEM IS WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL BE WITH THE FRONT. WENT MAINLY WITH THE SLOWER AVN THINKING THAT WITH UPPER LEVEL WINDS PARALLEL TO THE FRONT...IT WILL NOT MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WHAT THE ETA SUGGESTS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR TS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE ALONG THE NEB STATE LINE...CLOSER TO THE FRONT AND WHERE THE CAP WILL BE WEAKER. THE FRONT BEGINS TO SAG INTO THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AGAIN WITH THE SLOW MOVING FRONT AND PARALLEL STEERING FLOW. SINCE IT IS STILL A COUPLE DAYS AWAY...WILL LEAVE IT OUT OF THE ZONES FOR NOW. THE FRONT CONTINUES ITS SLOW PUSH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PREVIOUS FORECAST OF HOLDING POPS INTO THE NIGHT LOOKS GOOD. IF THE MODELS SLOW THE FRONT DOWN EVEN MORE...THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THURSDAY MORNING. DID HOLD ONTO THE CLOUDS INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN DECREASE THEM DURING THE DAY. MADE LITTLE CHANGES TO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WITH RIDGING AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...MOSTLY CLEAR AND DRY LOOKS GOOD. I NUDGED TEMPS DOWN A LITTLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND CONTINUED THE WARMING TREND THOUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST. .TOP...NONE. WOLTERS
KSZ010>012-022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059-092200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 550 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002 STORM SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SYNOPSIS: SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BROUGHT A VERY MOIST AIR MASS NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS DURING THE DAY TODAY. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD NORTH. BECAUSE THERE IS NO SURFACE FEATURE TO FOCUS THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY IS RELATIVELY WEAK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WOLTERS
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:38 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a power line causing power outages for about a half hour.
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: 5298383.