Hail, Anderson
- When
- July 12, 12:52 AM CST
- Where
- Anderson County, 4 mi NE of Colony
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -95.317
Hail in Kansas, July 12, 2003
1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 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 Jul 11, 2:00 PM CST, 10 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:00 PM CST, 10 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS 3 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ...MAIN CONCERN IS STILL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT...THEN TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP CHANCES NEXT WEEK... SFC ANALYSIS AND RADAR SHOWING FRONT PUSHING SOUTHEASTWARD STRETCHING FROM STJ TO NEAR SLN. CU FIELD DEVELOPING ALONG FRONT SHOULD INCREASE AS CAP ERODES WITH SCT CONVECTION POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AS FRONT PUSHED SOUTHWARD. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL THIS EVENING. MORE CONVECTION WHICH DEVELOPS FURTHER WEST IN THE HIGH PLAINS MAY ALSO CATCH THE SOUTHERN CWA OVERNIGHT AS POSSIBLE MCS INCREASES OVER SOUTHERN KS. WILL KEEP LOW POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA UNTIL SUNRISE SATURDAY. DRIER AIR OVERSPREAD THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE AND SUBSIDENCE BUILD SOUTHWARD. WILL CONTINUE DRY FCST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH RETURN MOISTURE FLOW AND WAA SUNDAY NIGHT COULD DEVELOP CONVECTION NOT TOO FAR TO THE WEST OF THE CWA. WILL KEEP HIGHS ON SATURDAY GENERALLY IN THE MID 80S WITH NORTHEAST WINDS...THEN RAISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S SUNDAY AS SFC WINDS COME BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. WILL ADD A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW ANOTHER SHORTWAVE AND FRONT DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE CWA AROUND THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF WESTERN RIDGE ALOFT. AS A RESULT LOWERED HIGHS THROUGH MID WEEK SLIGHTLY. CONTINUED WITH DRY FGST THEN THROUGH FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH INITIAL NORTHWEST WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED UNTIL WARMER AIR ALOFT CAN BECOME REESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA. .TOP...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 10:45 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-121000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1145 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT THERE IS STILL SOME CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GIVEN THE INSTABILITY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE) PF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:23 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-120300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 823 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #724... JEFFERSON SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE MORRIS SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #724... TOPEKA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #724 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... DOUGLAS OSAGE LYON FRANKLIN COFFEY ANDERSON SOME CITIES STILL IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #724... EMPORIA OTTAWA LAWRENCE
Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:30 PM CST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
830 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM 1 NW OLIVET KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 OSAGE
0828 PM 6 E LEBO KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 COFFEY REPORTED BY EMPLOYEE AT
BETO JUNCTION TRUCK STOP.Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:37 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
837 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0831 PM WAVERLY KS 2 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 COFFEY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:04 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
904 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM 7 E BURLINGTON KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 COFFEY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:56 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
956 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM 9 WSW LONE STAR KS .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 DOUGLAS
0738 PM OTTAWA KS .88 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 FRANKLIN
0740 PM OTTAWA KS 1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 FRANKLIN
0745 PM 9 WSW OTTAWA KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 FRANKLIN
0745 PM OTTAWA KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 FRANKLIN LEAVES STRIPPED OFF TREES
0748 PM OTTAWA KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 FRANKLIN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
0748 PM OTTAWA KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 FRANKLIN WINSHIELDS SHATTERED ON
CARS
0804 PM 1 S RANTOUL KS 1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 FRANKLIN REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0825 PM 1 NW OLIVET KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 OSAGE
0828 PM 6 E LEBO KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 COFFEY REPORTED BY EMPLOYEE AT
BETO JUNCTION TRUCK STOP.
0831 PM WAVERLY KS 2 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 COFFEY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
0845 PM 7 E BURLINGTON KS 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03 COFFEY REPORTED BY SHERIFF.Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:06 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ040-054>056-058-059-120325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1006 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003 ALL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES FOR NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS HAVE EXPIRED.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:53 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in California, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Heat in California, July 12 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2003
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: 5373192.