Hail, Dickinson
- When
- July 9, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, 6 mi N of Carlton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.767, -97.283
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 9, 2003
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 7
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, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 25 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 53 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) PF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:07 PM CST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
507 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM 15 N MANHATTAN KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 RILEYLocal storm report, Jul 9, 4:13 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
513 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0513 PM SENECA KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 NEMAHALocal storm report, Jul 9, 4:14 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
514 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM 3 SW BENNINGTON KS .75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 OTTAWALocal storm report, Jul 9, 4:25 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
525 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0518 PM 1 S SENECA KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 NEMAHALocal storm report, Jul 9, 4:28 PM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
528 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0525 PM 6 W WESTMORELAND KS 1 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 POTTAWATOMIELocal storm report, Jul 9, 4:44 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
544 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0537 PM 5 SSE SENECA KS .75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 NEMAHA SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY
SIZE HAILThe radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:48 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- July 9, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, 6 mi N of Carlton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.767, -97.283
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- July 9, 4:56 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, 8 mi SW of Abilene
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.833, -97.317
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- July 9, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, 9 mi S of Abilene
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.783, -97.217
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- July 9, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, 4 mi S of Wabaunsee
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -96.333
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- July 9, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, 6 mi NW of Alma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.083, -96.367
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- July 9, 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, Alma
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.017, -96.283
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 2003
- Heat in Missouri, July 9 to 11, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 9 to 20, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 9 to 10, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, July 9, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 9, 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: 5376768, 5376769, 5376770, 5376771, 5376772, 5376773, 5376774.