Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 24, 2002

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

4

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.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 2:00 PM CST, 5 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002

WX CONCERNS ARE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TNGT. ENOUGH DEBRIS CLDS
INHIBIT HEATING OVER CWA BUT AIRMASS GETTING PRIMED IN EASTERN
DAKOTAS. WILL BE A DEVELOPING COMPLEX AS EVENING APCHES. BOUNDARIES
WILL BE FOCUS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND MESO FORECASTERS SHOULD BE
ALL OVER THIS AS STORMS DEVELOP. HI POPS OVER ALL CWA. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND STRONG STORMS HIGHTLIGHTED IN MN ZONES TNGT. TEMPS CLOSE TO
NGM MOS. AFTER MCS TONIGHT LOOK FOR ANOTHER DEVELOPING LINE OF TSTMS
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A MINOR 700MB TROF RACES SSE ACRS AREA.

WILL LEAVE WX DRY ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT NO DOUBT
MOISTURE AND BNDRY TO BE NEAR SRN MN BY 12Z SATURDAY. POPS MAY BE
NEEDED FRIDAY NIGHT IF FRNT STALLS NR IOWA BORDER. TWO BOUTS OF
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY...IN MRNG AND THEN AGAIN LATE AFTN.

.MSP...NONE.
EDWARDS

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 UTC.

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Flash Flood

Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

Hail

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

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.

• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002$12 million · F0 · 14 events
• Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$3.0 million · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$500,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 24, 2002$250,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 24, 2002$83,000 · 57 kt wind · 11 events
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$100,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002$33,000 · F0 · 12 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 24, 2002$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 2002F0 · 20 events

Every storm in Minnesota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 2002

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: 5310011, 5310010, 5310009, 5310012.