Minnesota, 2002

Hail in Minnesota, August 1, 2002

August 1, 2002 · NWS FGF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 7:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 7:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
855 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT IS SEVERE WEATHER. KMVX HAS NUMEROUS
SEVERE STORMS MOVING THROUGH E ND INTO NW MN. WITH COLD FRONT
EXTENDING THROUGH ND ALONG A LANGDON TO BAKER TO BISMARCK LINE...
STILL HAVE A LONG TIME TO GO BEFORE EXPECT SEVERE TO BE OUT OF AREA.
WITH WATCH OVER DEVILS LAKE AREA EXPECTED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM...AND
LINE OF SEVERE CLOSE TO EXIT THAT AREA...TIMING FOR WATCH EXPIRATION
LOOKS GOOD. REMAINDER OF AREA STILL UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 1 AM...WITH LOADED GUN SOUNDINGS...STRONG SURFACE BOUNDARY...
JET SUPPORT...DARKENING ON WATER VAPOR STARTING TO SHOW UP...ETC
...SO WATCH FOR REMAINDER OF AREA UNTIL 1 AM STILL LOOKS GOOD.
CONSEQUENTLY...CURRENT FORECAST WELL IN HAND. WILL ONLY NEED TO MAKE
MINOR CHANGES.

.FGF...NONE.

NG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 31, 10:43 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
1143 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0735 PM    LANKIN                    ND   FLOOD
07/31/02   WALSH                          STREET FLOODING DUE TO
                                          HEAVY RAINS

0737 PM    LANKIN                    ND   70 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/31/02   WALSH

0740 PM    DEVILS LAKE               ND   .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/02   RAMSEY                         FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
                                          COOPERATIVE OBSERVER

0805 PM    LANKIN                    ND   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/31/02   WALSH                          WIND DAMAGE

0902 PM    GRAFTON                   ND   FLOOD
07/31/02   WALSH                          STREET FLOODING DUE TO
                                          HEAVY RAINS

ME
Local storm report, Jul 31, 10:43 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
1143 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002

...CORRECTED TIME OF SECOND REPORT...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0735 PM    LANKIN                    ND   FLOOD
07/31/02   WALSH                          STREET FLOODING DUE TO
                                          HEAVY RAINS

0757 PM    LANKIN                    ND   70 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/31/02   WALSH

0740 PM    DEVILS LAKE               ND   .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/02   RAMSEY                         FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
                                          COOPERATIVE OBSERVER

0805 PM    LANKIN                    ND   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/31/02   WALSH                          WIND DAMAGE

0902 PM    GRAFTON                   ND   FLOOD
07/31/02   WALSH                          STREET FLOODING DUE TO
                                          HEAVY RAINS

ME

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:58 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Norman

When
August 1, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Norman County, 2 mi SE of Perley
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
47.167, -96.783

Hail, Clay

When
August 1, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Clay County, 4 mi N of Georgetown
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
47.133, -96.817

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

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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: 5317165, 5317166.