Kansas, 2002

Hail in Kansas, May 12, 2002

May 12, 2002 · NWS ICT · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Heat and drought
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 12, 10:27 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 10:27 AM CST, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...EXTENDED FCST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1125 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002

EXTENDED FCST WED-SUN THINKING:
MADE VERY LITTLE CHANGES TO THE GOING FCST. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
CONTINUE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN...SUGGESTING
WRN U.S. UPR TROUGH WL BE APPROACHING THE PLAINS THURS/FRIDAY. LOW
LVL MOISTURE WL BEGIN SURGING NWD TOWARD KS AS EARLY AS TUES
NIGHT...WITH PRESSURE FALLS TO THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THIS LEADS TO
A MARGINAL (SLIGHT) CHC FOR ELEVATED STORMS...SO PROBABLY WL KEEP IT
DRY TUES NIGHT FOR NOW. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION WL COME LATE
WED INTO FRIDAY...AS THE UPR TROF GETS CLOSER AND THE ATTENDANT
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO KS. TEMPS CLIMB A BIT ABOVE SEASONAL
NORMS WED-THURS...AND THEN TRENDING COOLER (60S) BEHIND FRONT
SATURDAY.

.ICT...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 9:50 AM CST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1050 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0250 AM    2 EAST ERIE               KS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   NEOSHO

BRW
Local storm report, May 12, 10:11 AM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
1111 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0414 PM    CHEYENNE BOTTOMS          KS   TORNADO
05/11/02   BARTON                         TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED

0415 PM    5 SE WILSON LAKE ST PARK  KS   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/11/02   LINCOLN

0434 PM    6 S ELLSWORTH             KS   TORNADO
05/11/02   ELLSWORTH                      LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED

0456 PM    4 E BUSHTON               KS   TORNADO
05/11/02   RICE                           LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          BRIEF TOUCHDOWN

0519 PM    1 N GENESEO               KS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/11/02   ELLSWORTH                      REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER

0755 PM    1 E PENALOSA              KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/11/02   KINGMAN                        REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER

0400 PM    1 W ELLSWORTH             KS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/11/02   ELLSWORTH                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:46 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Labette

When
May 12, 10:49 AM CST
Where
Labette County, 5 mi SW of Parsons
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
37.300, -95.333

Hail, Labette

When
May 12, 11:35 AM CST
Where
Labette County, 4 mi W of Angola
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.100, -95.533

Hail, Labette

When
May 12, 11:41 AM CST
Where
Labette County, 2 mi N of Mound Vly
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
37.233, -95.417

Hail, Allen

When
May 12, 3:19 PM CST
Where
Allen County, 8 mi NE of Iola
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.000, -95.300

What these are

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.

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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: 5287778, 5287776, 5287777, 5287779.