Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 2002
Start: 2002-06-11T00:10
End: 2002-06-11T00:10
Location: Iowa

June 11, 2002 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Jun 10, 8:30 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 8:30 PM CST, 3 hours 40 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), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: June 11, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Clay County, Everly
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.167, -95.333

Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including several trees blown down.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Iowa in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5305727.