1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 2, 2:35 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS 335 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 UNSETTLED WEATHER TO CONTINUE AS MODELS INDICATING SEVERAL STRONG SHORTWAVES COMING OVER WEST COAST RIDGE WILL DEVELOP INTO CLOSED LOWS...GIVING SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIP OVER NEXT SIX DAYS...AND KEEPING TEMPERATURES ON THE COOL SIDE FOR EARLY JUNE. IN THE SHORT TERM...SATELLITE SHOWS STRATUS HAS SPREAD SOUTH AND WEST OVERNIGHT WITH SOME FOG AND DRIZZLE MIXED IN AT TIMES AS WELL. STRATUS EXTENDS BACK INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WITH A NORTHEAST TO EAST FLOW INDICATED FOR TODAY...CANT SEE BREAKING OUT OF THE STRATUS UNLESS IT WOULD BE LATE IN THE DAY. SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY SHOWING UP FROM MT/DAKOTAS BORDER SOUTH INTO EASTERN COLORADO ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...WILL ALSO BE MOVING ACROSS AREA TODAY. THUS CANT TOTALLY RULE OUT SOME CHANCE FOR PRECIP ALTHOUGH SURFACE HIGH/COLD ADVECTION WILL MAKE IT HARD TO GET MUCH IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS CWA WITH WESTERN AREAS OF CWA HAVING SOMEWHAT BETTER CHANCES. DUE TO CLOUDS...HAVE CUT BACK ON HIGHS BY ABOUT 4 DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS ZONES. WILL HAVE MAINLY 20 PERCENT POPS ACROSS MOST OF CWA TONIGHT AS MODELS NOT INDICATING ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT MOVING ACROSS CWA AND SURFACE TO 850 MB WINDS REMAIN QUITE LIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY...THE NEXT SHORTWAVE WILL BE APPROACHING...AND IN RESPONSE...WAA BEGINS ONCE AGAIN OVER WESTERN INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF KS BY AFTERNOON...SO COULD SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING/DEVELOPING ACROSS CWA...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. HAVE LOWERED HIGHS A COUPLE DEGREES FOR WEDNESDAY... MAINLY HAVE 72-73 DEGREES FOR MOST LOCATIONS...AND THAT MAY BE TOO WARM IF THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS COME IN BY MID DAY. ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINS/THUNDERSTORMS COMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS NEXT STRONG SHORTWAVE DIGS SOUTHEAST AND DEVELOPS ANOTHER CLOSED LOW OVER SOUTH DAKOTA/NORTHEAST NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY EVENING. STRONG WAA IN ADVANCE OF SYSTEM WILL ADVECT GULF MOISTURE NORTH INTO AREA AGAIN AND SET STAGE FOR ANOTHER MCC MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS LOOKING LIKE A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY ACROSS PARTS OF KS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT LOOKING TO BE DRY AS TROUGH/UPPER LOW MOVES ON EAST...BUT THEN ANOTHER UPPER LOW DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. MODELS HINTING THIS MAY BE THE LAST IN THE SERIES WITH A DRY AND WARMER TREND SETTING IN STARTING MONDAY. .TOP...NONE. PB
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 451 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. THOUGH NO LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS ARE FORECAST...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LIGHTNING WILL POSE HAZARDS THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 Topeka radar (KTWX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:32 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house and started a fire that did major damage to the residence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2003
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: 5364091.