Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- June 10, 11:37 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County, Archer
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.117, -95.767
Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 10, 2002
3 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
- $10,000
- 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 8:30 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 8:30 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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 radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:37 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- June 10, 11:51 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County, Hartley
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.183, -95.483
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including whole trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- June 10, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County, Primghar
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.083, -95.633
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including at least one tree uprooted.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Minnesota, June 10 to 25, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 10, 2002
- Flood in Minnesota, June 10 to 25, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 10, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 10 to 11, 2002
- Hail in Kansas, June 10 to 11, 2002
- Flood in Minnesota, June 10 to 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 10, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 10 to 11, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 10, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, June 10, 2002
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 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: 5305724, 5305725, 5305726.