1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 930 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002 RW/TRW FIRING UP ALONG DRYLINE E OF I29. VERY WARM AIR ALOFT WITH WET BULB ZERO AROUND 13K. HARD TO GET ANY HAIL WITH THE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS FALLING. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES ACRS PARTS OF NW IA. SPOTTERS VERIFY THIS QUITE WELL, WITH ONLY PEA SIZE HAIL IN A FEW LOCALES. HAVE UPDATED FCST TO ACCOUNT FOR STORMS THAT DEVELOPED A LTL FURTHER W. OTHERWISE REST OF FCST OK. .FSD...NONE.
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including large limbs blown down. One large limb fell onto and damaged a house. Power lines and poles were also blown down.
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