Hail, St. Louis
- When
- August 1, 12:52 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Floodwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.917, -92.917
Hail in Minnesota, August 1, 2002
Winds were also estimated at 52 knots.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
Winds were also estimated at 52 knots.
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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 8:07 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 8:07 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 907 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002 FORECAST FOCUS TONIGHT IS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND SEVERITY. COMPLEX OF SEVERE STORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...SHOULD ENTER OUR WESTERN ZONES IN A COUPLE HOURS. STRONG COLD FRONT AND VORT MAX PROVIDING LIFT OVER VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. BOTH INL AND MPX SOUNDINGS SHOW A CAP... BUT INCREASING LIFT SHOULD OVERCOME THAT. UNMODIFIED CAPE VALUES ARE 2125 J/KG OFF INL SOUNDING AND 4577 J/KG AT MPX. 850MB JET INCREASING THIS EVENING AS WELL. WDL PROFILER UP TO 30KT AND 18Z ETA VERIFYING ON THIS. 45 TO 55 KT 850MB FLOW TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z... AND SHOULD AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. I/VE INCREASE POPS MOST ZONES TONIGHT AND MADE FEW OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. .DLH...NONE. MELDE
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:53 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 5, 2002
- Heat in Maryland, August 1 to 5, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 6, 2002
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 13, 2002
- Heat in New Jersey, August 1 to 5, 2002
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 29, 2002
- Heat in Louisiana, August 1, 2002
- Drought in Wisconsin, August 1 to 11, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 1 to 2, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1 to 2, 2002
- Drought in Georgia, August 1 to 31, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, August 1 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, 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: 5312378.