Hail in Iowa, August 16, 2002

Name: Hail in Iowa, August 16, 2002
Start: 2002-08-16T22:15
End: 2002-08-16T22:15
Location: Iowa

August 16, 2002 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 8:25 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 8:25 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
925 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

CWA ZONE FORECAST UPDATE WAS SENT AT 0140Z. LOTS OF ACTIVITY TO TRY
AND KEEP ON TOP OF THIS EVENING. UPDATED THE ZONES TO INCLUDE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SD PART OF THE CWA. ADJUSTED THE
WIND FORECAST FOR DIRECTION AND SPEED. COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER
TONIGHT INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA WILL GENERATE WIND GUSTS OF
AT LEAST 45 MPH AND WARRANTS A WIND ADVISORY AFTER MIDNIGHT. KEPT
THE ADVISORY ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY FOR NOW...BUT
WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR EXTENDING FURTHER EAST IN THE CWA LATER
TONIGHT. THREE HOUR PRESSURE RISES OF 10 MB IN MT ARE IMPRESSIVE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IN THE EAST IS BASED ON STRONG JET AND
CONVERGENCE IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN SOUTH CENTRAL
SD.

.FSD...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR COUNTIES WEST OF THE
       JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN SE SD
  UMLAND

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:14 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
814 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

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

1059 AM    3 SE DELMONT              SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1126 AM    6 NE AVON                 SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   BON HOMME                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1130 AM    5 N TYNDALL               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   BON HOMME                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1155 AM    VERMILLION                SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   CLAY                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1211 PM    5 WNW MARTINSBURG         NE   1.25 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   DIXON                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0445 PM    2 NW OCHEYEDAN            IA   1 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   OSCEOLA                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0505 PM    15 WSW JACKSON            MN   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0510 PM    8 SW JACKSON              MN   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0605 PM    SPENCER                   IA   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   CLAY                           REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0625 PM    4 S SCOTLAND              SD   2 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   BON HOMME                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0654 PM    5 WSW SCOTLAND            SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   BON HOMME                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0655 PM    8 SW TABOR                SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   BON HOMME                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0659 PM    SCOTLAND                  SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   BON HOMME                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0709 PM    10 W YANKTON              SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   YANKTON                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0715 PM    3 S LESTERVILLE           SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   YANKTON                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0723 PM    UTICA                     SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   YANKTON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0805 PM    8 W YANKTON               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   YANKTON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0805 PM    4 SSW UTICA               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   YANKTON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:11 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1111 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

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

0819 PM    3 E YANKTON               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   YANKTON                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0820 PM    YANKTON                   SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   YANKTON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0845 PM    5 W VERMILLION            SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   CLAY

0850 PM    5 W NEWCASTLE             NE   .88 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   DIXON                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0906 PM    7 N VERMILLION            SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   CLAY                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0922 PM    4 NW ELK PT               SD   65 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/02   UNION                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0933 PM    4 N SPINK                 SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   UNION                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0935 PM    3 NNE SPINK               SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   UNION                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0945 PM    PRIMGHAR                  IA   NON TSTM WINDS
08/16/02   OBRIEN                         70 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
                                          REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0947 PM    CHATSWORTH                IA   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   SIOUX                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0947 PM    SIOUX CENTER MUNI ARPT    IA   61 MPH TSTM GUST
08/16/02   SIOUX                          REPORTED BY DIAL-IN TO
                                          THE ORANGE CITY AWOS.

1000 PM    BOYDEN                    IA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/02   SIOUX                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA.

1000 PM    ORANGE CITY               IA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/02   SIOUX                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA.

1007 PM    2 W CRAIG                 IA   1 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   PLYMOUTH                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

1017 PM    GAZA                      IA   WIND DAMAGE
08/16/02   OBRIEN                         HORSE BARN BLEW DOWN.
                                          NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS
                                          FROM STRONG LOW LEVEL
                                          JET REACHING THE
                                          SURFACE.  REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA.

1024 PM    OYENS                     IA   .75 INCH HAIL
08/16/02   PLYMOUTH                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1052 PM    SPENCER                   IA   NON TSTM WINDS
08/16/02   CLAY                           58 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
                                          MORE STRONG LOW LEVEL
                                          JET COMING DOWN TO THE
                                          SURFACE. REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA ANEMOMETER.

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, O'Brien

When: August 16, 10:15 PM CST
Where: O'Brien County, Gaza
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.017, -95.600

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

Every storm in Iowa in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, August 2002

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: 5317523.