Thunderstorm Wind, Emmet
- When
- June 7, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County, 2 mi N of Estherville
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -94.850
Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 7, 2002
A semi-stationary front extended across northern Nebraska into southern Minnesota during the late afternoon hours. The airmass was quite capped with 700 mb temperatures around +10 C.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
A semi-stationary front extended across northern Nebraska into southern Minnesota during the late afternoon hours. The airmass was quite capped with 700 mb temperatures around +10 C. A strong southerly low level jet stream formed during the late afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms erupted along the frontal boundary. The storms moved into the far northwest corner of Iowa, then weakened. One storm slipped into Emmet County and produced 70 MPH winds.
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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 12:58 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 12:58 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 158 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 MAIN FCST PROB WIL BE WITH THE FNT SLIPPING INTO NRN IA AND HOW FAR TO BRING TSRA S TNGT. SWODY1 WUD APPEAR TO BE A BIT FAR SE, BUT TREND IS GUD BASED STLT PIX. NEW SWOMCD SUMS IT UP WELL. OTR PROB IS WITH TEMPS THRU MON. WL GO ABV GUID. WITH CAP IN PLACE THRU MUCH OF MON, DONT XPCT MUCH DVLPMT. WL NEED TO WATCH MSTR/COOLING SLIPPING IN FM THE SE HWVR. BEST CHC OF RAIN STILL LKS LIKE VRY LATE MON THRU ERY WED. COOLING ADVTZD ON MRF PROB A BIT AGRESSIVE, BUT TREND MOST LKLY CORRECT GIVEN SUPPORT OF GEM AND STATE OF EPO. .DSM...NONE MS JUN 02
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:30 PM CST, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 630 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 .THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ATLANTIC TO WATERLOO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WITH A SECONDARY LARGE HAIL THREAT. THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE QUITE LOW DUE TO VERY HIGH CLOUD BASES. THIS SITUATION COULD SUPPORT WEAK SHORT LIVED GUSTNADOES ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THEY MORE EAST INTO MORE STABLE AIR. SEE SITE SPECIFIC DETAILS BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION. IAZ004>007-015>017-081100- CERRO GORDO-EMMET-HANCOCK-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-WINNEBAGO-WORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGONA...ESTHERVILLE AND MASON CITY 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 THREAT PROBABILITY EVENT TIMING ------ ----------- ------------ THUNDERSTORMS TORNADO NONE DAMAGING WINDS (58+ MPH) MODERATE 630 PM TO 2 AM LARGE HAIL (3/4+) MODERATE 630 PM TO 2 AM FLASH FLOODING LOW 830 PM TO 4 AM * SPOTTER ACTIVATION OUTLOOK TODAY...NOT EXPECTED. TONIGHT...MODERATE. SATURDAY...NOT EXPECTED. IAZ023>028-033>039-044>047-057>059-081100- AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CRAWFORD- DALLAS-FRANKLIN-GREENE-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-HAMILTON-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT- POCAHONTAS-SAC-WEBSTER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONE...CARROLL...DENISON...FORT DODGE... IOWA FALLS...PERRY...WATERLOO...WAVERLY AND WEBSTER CITY 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 THREAT PROBABILITY EVENT TIMING ------ ----------- ------------ THUNDERSTORMS TORNADO NONE DAMAGING WINDS (58+ MPH) LOW AFTER 10 PM LARGE HAIL (3/4+) LOW AFTER 10 PM FLASH FLOODING NONE * SPOTTER ACTIVATION OUTLOOK TODAY...NOT EXPECTED. TONIGHT...LOW. SATURDAY...NOT EXPECTED. IAZ048>050-060>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-081100- ADAIR-ADAMS-APPANOOSE-CASS-CLARKE-DAVIS-DECATUR-JASPER-LUCAS-MADISON- MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-MONROE-POLK-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-STORY-TAMA- TAYLOR-UNION-WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMES...ATLANTIC...CENTERVILLE...CHARITON... CRESTON...DES MOINES...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...LAMONI... MARSHALLTOWN...NEWTON...OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA AND PELLA 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 THREAT PROBABILITY EVENT TIMING ------ ----------- ------------ NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...TONIGHT...OR SATURDAY * SPOTTER ACTIVATION OUTLOOK TODAY...NOT EXPECTED. TONIGHT...NOT EXPECTED. SATURDAY...NOT EXPECTED. KINNEY ------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE THREAT DEFINITIONS...PROBABILITY CATEGORIES...AND STORM PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOKS...SEE THE DES MOINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DMX/HWO.HTML (IN ALL LOWER CASE).
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, June 7, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Washington, June 7, 2002
- Hail in Minnesota, June 7, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 7, 2002
- Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 2002
- Extreme Cold in California, June 7 to 8, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, June 7 to 8, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 7, 2002
- High Wind in California, June 7 to 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 7, 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: 5294225.