Hail in Kansas, May 24, 2002

Name: Hail in Kansas, May 24, 2002
Start: 2002-05-24T17:52
End: 2002-05-24T19:23
Location: Kansas

May 24, 2002 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 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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Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 May 24, 12:38 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:38 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
138 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHERN ZONES MAIN CONCERN...

THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO REFIRE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONE CELL
ALREADY NOTED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH OF WICHITA AS OF THIS
WRITING.  WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY IN
THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COUNTIES...WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE CWA.

SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF OUR CWA TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH SOUTHERN FRINGE COUNTIES NEAREST THE FRONTAL ZONE MAY HAVE
A CLOSE CALL.

ALL ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CWA BY LATE TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE
FAR EAST AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES WHERE HAVE CONTINUED WITH A CHANCE
POP FOR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

DRY WEATHER THEREAFTER UNTIL ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION STARTS
MEMORIAL DAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH DAYTIME THURSDAY.

FOR TEMPERATURES HAVE FOLLOWED A BLEND OF THE LATEST GUIDANCE
CONSENSUS WITH GOING FORECAST.

.TOP...FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY.
       KSZ037-054>056-058-059

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 4:17 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
517 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0445 PM    11 E MANCHESTER           KS    1.5 INCH HAIL
05/24/02   DICKINSON                       PUBLIC REPORTED WALNUT
                                           SIZE HAIL-

Local storm report, May 24, 4:52 PM CST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
552 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0542 PM    4 S WILSEY                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/02   MORRIS                          PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL
                                           SIZE HAIL

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:54 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lyon

When: May 24, 5:52 PM CST
Where: Lyon County, Neosho Rapids
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.367, -95.983

Hail, Lyon

When: May 24, 5:53 PM CST
Where: Lyon County, 3 mi W of Hartford
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.300, -96.000

Hail, Osage

When: May 24, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Osage County, Osage City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.633, -95.817

Hail, Coffey

When: May 24, 6:14 PM CST
Where: Coffey County, 5 mi WSW of Ottumwa
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.250, -95.883

Hail, Douglas

When: May 24, 7:23 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 3 mi S of Lawrence
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.917, -95.233

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, May 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: 5291350, 5291351, 5291352, 5291353, 5291354.