Name: Hail in Kansas, October 6, 2002
Start: 2002-10-06T00:35
End: 2002-10-06T00:35
Location: Kansas

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 happened

The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.

Nickel to golf ball sized hail occurred in the early morning hours in central Mitchell county.

What forecasters said that day

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NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 6, 12:30 AM CST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 12:30 AM CST, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 9:35 AM CST, 15 hours before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-061200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1035 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA ON SUNDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING
BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND
VARIABLE SUNDAY NIGHT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF FROST ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY MONDAY MORNING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 6, 12:35 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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The radar

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mitchell

When: October 6, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Mitchell County, Beloit
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.467, -98.117

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

More

Every storm in Kansas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5319024.