Hail in Minnesota, August 14, 2002

Name: Hail in Minnesota, August 14, 2002
Start: 2002-08-14T21:17
End: 2002-08-14T21:40
Location: Minnesota

August 14, 2002 · NWS MPX · 3 events in 1 county or zone

3 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 7:00 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 7:00 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
800 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2002

THE FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ACCOUNT FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
IN W CENTRAL TO SW MN.  THE LATEST RUC MODEL DESTABILIZES 850 MB
LEVEL RAPIDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH STRONG MOISTURE CONVERGENCE/
ADVECTION AND CONTINUED FORECAST OF +50KT 850 MB JET.  IT STILL
LOOKS LIKE MORE WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT IN NRN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA WITH THE BOUNDARY AND JET DYNAMICS.

.MSP...NONE.
 CWS

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 209 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:15 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Douglas

When: August 14, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, Evansville
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.000, -95.683

Hail, Douglas

When: August 14, 9:38 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 6 mi N of Garfield
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 46.017, -95.500

Hail covered ground.

Hail, Douglas

When: August 14, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 3 mi NW of Carlos
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.000, -95.350

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

Every storm in Minnesota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5314040, 5314041, 5314042.