Minnesota, 2002

Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 2002

July 17, 2002 · NWS FGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 9:10 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 9:10 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1010 AM CDT WED JUL 17 2002

...MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
AND SKY COVER...

.CURRENT OBSERVATIONS...
MCS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA ALONG TIGHT 850MB
DEWPOINT GRADIENT. DO NOT EXPECT ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WITH THIS
FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...AREAS THAT HAVE
PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED IF ANOTHER ROUND
MOVES INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ARE NEAR 80
DEGREES FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND POINTS EAST. MAY NEED TO BUMP
TEMPERATURES UP FOR THE BEMIDJI AND FARGO ZONES AND BRING THUNDER IN
A LITTLE EARLIER. WILL ADJUST CLOUD WORDING FOR DEVILS LAKE AREA TO
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.

.FGF...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE RED RIVER NEAR
OSLO.
FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA.

DONAVON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 12:40 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
140 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2002

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

1100 AM    SIBLEY                    ND   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   BARNES

1125 AM    ORISKA                    ND   2.00 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   BARNES

1130 AM    3 N ORISKA                ND   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/02   BARNES                         SEMI TRUCK OVERTURNED ON
                                          INTERSTATE 94

1135 AM    7 NW TOWER CITY           ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   CASS                           HAIL LASTED UNTIL 1155 AM.

1140 AM    6 SW TOWER CITY           ND   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/02   CASS                           GRAIN BINS DAMAGED AND
                                          TREES DOWN

1210 PM    3 N ALICE                 ND   .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   CASS                           TREES DOWN

1230 PM    4 E LEONARD               ND   .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   CASS
Local storm report, Jul 17, 12:40 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
140 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2002

CORRECTION TO LOCATIONS AND DISTANCES

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

1100 AM    6 SW SIBLEY               ND   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   BARNES

1125 AM    3 N ORISKA                ND   2.00 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   BARNES

1130 AM    4 E ORISKA                ND   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/02   BARNES                         SEMI TRUCK OVERTURNED
                                          ON INTERSTATE 94

1135 AM    TOWER CITY                ND   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   CASS                           HAIL LASTED UNTIL 1155 AM.

1140 AM    TOWER CITY                ND   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/02   CASS                           GRAIN BINS DAMAGED AND
                                          TREES DOWN

1210 PM    3 N ALICE                 ND   .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   CASS                           TREES DOWN

1230 PM    7 NW LEONARD              ND   .75 INCH HAIL
07/17/02   CASS

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Otter Tail

When
July 17, 1:25 PM CST
Where
Otter Tail County, 3 mi N of Pelican Rapids
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.617, -96.083

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5303653.