Kansas, 2002

Hail in Kansas, May 28, 2002

May 28, 2002 · NWS TOP · 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

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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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 12:50 PM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:50 PM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
150 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

...PRECIP CHANCES/LOCATION MAIN CONCERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

OVERALL I PROBABLY SIDED WITH THE NGM...WHICH SEEMED TO BE THE BEST
COMPROMISE OF THE VARYING SOLUTIONS.

EXPECT CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA IN
ASSOCIATION WITH H500 SHORTWAVE TO PROGRESS TO THE EAST.  THE
ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE TO THE EAST ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY CREATED BY
LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION...MAINLY AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.  POPS WILL RANGE FROM 30% NORTH TO 50% SOUTH.

THIS SHOULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE ANTICIPATED UPPER LOW BECOMING
NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL PLAINS BEFORE SLIDING OFF TO
THE SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE LOW LAYER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON...CONVECTION TONIGHT SHOULD PUSH MOST OF THE DEEPER
MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA.  MOISTURE SHOULD AGAIN FILTER
NORTH ON TUESDAY...BUT DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER FEATURE...
EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE IN FOR MORE SHOWERS AND LESS THUNDER.

IN FACT...AFTER TOMORROW...MUCH OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES MAY SEE
LITTLE IF ANY PRECIP UNLESS THE UPPER SYSTEM SLIDES SOUTH ENOUGH TO
ALLOW A NORTHERN STREAM WAVE TO SET OFF SOME ACTIVITY (SIMILAR TO
THE AVN DEPICTION AT 12Z WED).

WILL TAPER PRECIP TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN CONTINUE DRY THURSDAY/FRIDAY.

BY SATURDAY...NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW SHOULD SLIDE ENOUGH SOUTH TO
CREATE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER THROUGH
THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  BECAUSE THE LOCATION OF THE
FEATURE IS STILL UNCERTAIN...WILL ONLY INCLUDE THE NORTHERN COUNTIES
FOR PRECIP AT THIS TIME.  THIS IS IN LINE WITH HPC INPUT.

ROGERS

.TOP...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 8:42 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
942 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

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

0935 PM    3 S LAWRENCE              KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/27/02   DOUGLAS                         REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:17 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When
May 28, 12:16 AM CST
Where
Washington County, 4 mi N of Morrowville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.900, -97.167

Hail, Washington

When
May 28, 12:29 AM CST
Where
Washington County, 9 mi N of Morrowville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.983, -97.167

Hail, Washington

When
May 28, 12:30 AM CST
Where
Washington County, Haddam
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
39.850, -97.300

Hail, Marshall

When
May 28, 2:20 AM CST
Where
Marshall County, 2 mi NW of Marysville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.867, -96.683

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: 5291468, 5291469, 5291470, 5291548.