Hail in Kansas, May 24, 2002

Name: Hail in Kansas, May 24, 2002
Start: 2002-05-24T17:35
End: 2002-05-24T18:45
Location: Kansas

May 24, 2002 · NWS DDC · 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over this ground

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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
300 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

DAYS 1-2...

SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM NW TO SE LATE TONIGHT. WITH SATURATED
CONDITIONS, THE TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT WILL FALL TOGETHER INTO THE
MID 30S NW AND LOW 40S SE. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG APPEARS LIKELY NW,
WITH NEAR RECORD LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S, ALONG WITH PATCHY
FROST. NEXT UPPER SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR 120W-30N SHOULD PROGRESS ENE
AND APPROACH THE HIGH PLAINS SUNDAY EVENING. WITH MOISTURE IN PLACE
AND FAIRLY COLD AIR ALOFT, STORMS COULD DEVELOP IN EASTERN CO AND
WEST TX IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT MAYBE NOT ANY FURTHER EAST. WILL KEEP
SUNDAY DRY FOR NOW DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY AND SINCE WE WOULD RATHER
NOT PUT POPS IN FOR THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF A STORM. LATER SHIFTS
CAN FURTHER ASSESS AND INSERT POPS IF NEEDED. UNDOUBTEDLY THERE WILL
BE NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT WILL
COMPLICATE MATTERS AFTER SUNDAY. IN SUCH A WEAK FLOW REGIME, OUTFLOW
WILL RUN RAMPANT AND CREATE COUNTLESS MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE
NOT PREDICTABLE THIS FAR OUT. GOING TEMPS LOOK ON TARGET SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY WITH NO CHANGES ANTICIPATED.

DAYS 3-10...

AGAIN, THE GOING EXTENDED FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK AND ONLY MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS ARE PLANNED. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ENERGY NOW
AROUND 140W/30N SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE ROCKIES SUNDAY NIGHT
AND THEN INTO THE PLAINS TUESDAY WITH MAIN BRANCH OF THE WESTERLIES
FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
MAY IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA AS EARLY AS EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH
AMPLE MOISTURE RETURNING FROM THE GULF. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM
NICELY BY MID WEEK WITH STRONG RIDGING OVER THE ROCKIES AND LITTLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR RAINFALL AFTER THE UPPER LOW EXITS TUESDAY.

FINCH/POAGE

PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST.

DDC   38  75  52  85 /  20  0   0  10
GCK   35  77  52  86 /  10  0   0  10
EHA   40  78  53  88 /  10  0   0  10
LBL   39  78  53  86 /  10  0   0  10
HYS   38  73  51  85 /  20  0   0  10
P28   43  73  54  84 /  40  0   0  10

.DDC...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 3:15 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
415 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0217 AM    JOHNSON CITY              KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   STANTON

0230 AM    10W MOSCOW                KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   STEVENS

0245 AM    14NW ELKHART              KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   MORTON

0250 AM    1NW LAKIN                 KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   KEARNY

0300 AM    12SE ULYSSES              KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRANT                          HAIL ALMOST COVERING THE
                                          GROUND

0330 AM    14E ULYSSES               KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRANT

0408 AM    15NE SUBLETTE             KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   HASKELL

0425 AM    9SW INGALLS               KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRAY

0530 AM    12E JOHNSON CITY          KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   STANTON

0540 AM    1N HARTLAND               KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   KEARNY

0545 AM    2NW ULYSSES               KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRANT                          HAIL WAS COVERING THE
                                          GROUND

0545 AM    12SW KENDALL              KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   HAMILTON                       HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

0645 AM    6S RUSH CENTER            KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   RUSH

0700 AM    15NW LARNED               KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   PAWNEE

EKB

Local storm report, May 24, 4:05 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
505 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

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

0217 AM    JOHNSON CITY              KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   STANTON                        REPORTED BY STANTON
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0230 AM    10W MOSCOW                KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   STEVENS                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0245 AM    14NW ELKHART              KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   MORTON                         PUBLIC REPORT.

0245 AM    12W LAKIN                 KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   KEARNY                         PUBLIC REPORT.

0250 AM    1NW LAKIN                 KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   KEARNY                         PUBLIC REPORT.

0300 AM    12SE ULYSSES              KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRANT                          HAIL ALMOST COVERING THE
                                          GROUND PUBLIC REPORT.

0330 AM    14E ULYSSES               KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRANT                          PUBLIC REPORT.

0408 AM    15NE SUBLETTE             KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   HASKELL                        PUBLIC REPORT.

0425 AM    9SW INGALLS               KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRAY                           PUBLIC REPORT.

0530 AM    12E JOHNSON CITY          KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   STANTON                        PUBLIC REPORT.

0540 AM    1N HARTLAND               KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   KEARNY                         PUBLIC REPORT.

0545 AM    2NW ULYSSES               KS   1.00 IN HAIL
05/24/02   GRANT                          HAIL WAS COVERING
THE                                       GROUND,PUBLIC REPORT.

0545 AM    12SW KENDALL              KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   HAMILTON                       HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
                                          PUBLIC REPORT.

0645 AM    6S RUSH CENTER            KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   RUSH                           PUBLIC REPORT.

0700 AM    15NW LARNED               KS   0.75 IN HAIL
05/24/02   PAWNEE                          PUBLIC REPORT.

EKB

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kearny

When: May 24, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Kearny County, 10 mi WSW of Lakin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.900, -101.417

Hail, Pratt

When: May 24, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Pratt County, 2 mi NE of Coats
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.533, -98.800

Hail, Pratt

When: May 24, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Pratt County, 2 mi S of Pratt
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.617, -98.733

Hail, Pratt

When: May 24, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Pratt County, 5 mi SE of Pratt
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.600, -98.667

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: 5299057, 5299058, 5299059, 5299060.