Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 9, 2003

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 9, 2003
Start: 2003-07-09T16:05
End: 2003-07-09T16:40
Location: Kansas

July 9, 2003 · NWS TOP · 9 events in 4 counties and zones

8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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: 9

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 9, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:25 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS
325 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

...MAIN CONCERN IS PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES
INTO NEXT WEEK...

LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING MAIN VORT CENTER OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WITH LOBE EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NORTHERN KS
PUSHING SOUTHEASTWARD. SFC FRONT NOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
WILL SLIP SOUTHEAST AND EXIT THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
BY MIDNIGHT. CAP ACROSS THE AREA IS WEAKENING AND EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG BOUNDARY THIS EVENING...EXCEPT IN THE
FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. WILL EXTEND MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE A
LITTLE FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE CWA AS FRONTAL MOVEMENT A LITTLE
SLOWER THAT PREVIOUS FCST. DRIER AIR NO MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL NE WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA WITHIN SUBSIDENCE REGION BEHIND
SHORTWAVE. WILL END PRECIP ACROSS THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT.

DRIER AIR WILL THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA INTO FRIDAY. WEAK
SHORTWAVES IN NORTHWEST FLOW IN DEEPER MOISTURE AXIS SHOULD REMAIN
SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CWA INTO THE WEEKEND BEFORE HEIGHT RISES
TAKEOVER AGAIN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FCST
INTO MID WEEK.

.TOP...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 11:57 AM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-101000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1257 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.  THIS
WILL INITIALLY BE OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON...SHIFTING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

FOR THE EVENING HOURS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE GENERALLY
SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...EXTENDING
INTO THE EVENING OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP  (ALL LOWER CASE)

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:50 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
450 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003

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

0447 PM    4 NE BENNINGTON           KS    1 INCH HAIL
07/09/03   OTTAWA

Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:00 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
500 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003

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

0454 PM    SENECA                    KS    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/09/03   NEMAHA

0456 PM    SENECA                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03   NEMAHA

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.

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Event by event

8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nemaha

When: July 9, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Nemaha County, 4 mi SW of Baileyville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.817, -96.233

Hail, Ottawa

When: July 9, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Ottawa County, 3 mi SW of Bennington
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.000, -97.633

Hail, Nemaha

When: July 9, 4:13 PM CST
Where: Nemaha County, 1 mi SW of Seneca
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.817, -96.083

Hail, Nemaha

When: July 9, 4:13 PM CST
Where: Nemaha County, Seneca
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.833, -96.067

Hail, Nemaha

When: July 9, 4:18 PM CST
Where: Nemaha County, 1 mi S of Seneca
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.817, -96.067

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: July 9, 4:25 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, 6 mi W of Westmoreland
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.400, -96.533

Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson

When: July 9, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Dickinson County, Solomon
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.917, -97.367

Hail, Nemaha

When: July 9, 4:37 PM CST
Where: Nemaha County, 5 mi SSE of Seneca
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.767, -96.033

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: July 9, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County, Flush
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.300, -96.450

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5376711, 5376712, 5376713, 5376714, 5376715, 5376716, 5376717, 5376766, 5376767.