Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- June 15, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 3 mi NW of Delia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.283, -96.000
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 15, 2003
2 hail, 1 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
- 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 Jun 15, 1:36 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:36 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS 236 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 PRECIPITATION CHANCES MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE. STAGNANT FLOW PATTERN IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL U.S. NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH WEAK UPPER LOW MEANDERING OVER LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER RIDGE ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST. IN THIS PATTERN, MORE ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION WOULD APPEAR TO BE TIED TO WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH UPPER RIDGE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WEEKEND CHANCES COME ABOUT AS TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TRAILS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. NEITHER CHANCE EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE AT THIS TIME BUT ENOUGH TO INTRODUCE POPS. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH CONVECTIVE TEMP IN MID TO UPPER 80S. HOWEVER...COVERAGE EXPECTED TO BE VERY ISOLATED. WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN PATTERN...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE LITTLE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. .TOP...NONE. 60
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:14 AM CST, 11 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-161000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 514 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- June 15, 3:43 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, St Marys
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.067
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- June 15, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, St Marys
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.067
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 15, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 15, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 15 to 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 15, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2003
- Wildfire in California, June 15 to 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 15, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, June 15, 2003
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 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: 5364097, 5364098, 5364099.