Hail in Kansas, May 28, 2002

Name: Hail in Kansas, May 28, 2002
Start: 2002-05-28T14:18
End: 2002-05-28T15:09
Location: Kansas

May 28, 2002 · NWS TOP · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 28, 1:20 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:20 PM CST, 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
220 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

SLOW TRACKING UPPER LOW WILL HOLD OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT
BEFORE PUSHING TOWARD THE ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA BORDER AREA BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  THE SOUTHERN PLACEMENT OF THE LOW WILL TEND TO
DRAW MOST OF FORECAST PRECIP SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA.

THE CORE OF 700-300MB Q-CONVERGENCE IS NEAR OK-KS-MO INTERSECTION AT
06Z WED THROUGH AROUND 18Z...BEFORE SLIDING ON TO THE EAST.

MEANWHILE THE NORTH-SOUTH TROUGH AXIS IS GENERALLY THROUGH THE
EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES BY 06Z TONIGHT.  CONSIDERED REMOVING
MENTION OF PRECIP ENTIRELY FROM THE EAST/SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AFTER
TONIGHT...BUT OPTED TO COMPROMISE WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES AND KEEP
A CHANCE ON WEDNESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-35 WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT AREA (NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE)...THEN DRY
TO THE NORTH AND WEST.

AS THE H500 LOW MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ALL MODELS
BUT THE AVN KEEP A RIDGE NOSED WEST-EAST ACROSS THE AREA.  THE AVN
HAS A MORE AMPLIFIED SHORTWAVE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW THAT PUSHES
THROUGH.  AT THIS TIME...WILL IGNORE THE OUTLIER AND KEEP THE AREA
DRY WITH ONLY SOME CLOUDS.

THE SOUTHWEST U.S. HIGH BUILDS MORE OVER THE AREA FRIDAY...BUT BY
SATURDAY THE NORTHERN STREAM HAS ENOUGH ENERGY TO BEGIN FLATTENING
THE RIDGE AS A STRONG LOW STRENGTHENS ALONG THE WEST COAST.  AS A
RESULT...ANOTHER SURFACE FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH FROM THE NORTHERN
PLAINS TO NEAR NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER
BEGINNING SATURDAY...THEN ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AS THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWEST.

ROGERS

.TOP...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 8:30 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
930 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

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

1248 AM    MORROWVILLE               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, May 28, 8:33 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
933 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 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

1248 AM    MORROWVILLE               KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON

0115 AM    8 N MORROWVILLE           KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON                      REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

0116 AM    4 N MORROWVILLE           KS    1 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON                      REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF.

0129 AM    9 N MORROWVILLE           KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   WASHINGTON                      REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF.

0320 AM    2 NW MARYSVILLE           KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/28/02   MARSHALL                        REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clay

When: May 28, 2:18 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 10 mi NNE of Clay Center
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.517, -97.050

Hail, Clay

When: May 28, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Fact
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.550, -97.033

Hail, Cloud

When: May 28, 3:09 PM CST
Where: Cloud County, 6 mi SSE of Clyde
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.517, -97.350

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5291549, 5291550, 5291551.