Minnesota, 2002

Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2002

July 25, 2002 · NWS DLH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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
  • Other

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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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 1:30 PM CST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:30 PM CST, 7 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
230 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

USING A COMBINATION OF THE NEW ETA...OTHER OLD AND BACKUP MODEL
RUNS...AND CURRENT TRENDS...IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLEARING/DRYING TREND
IN CURRENT ZFP PKG IS STILL ON TRACK. WILL MAKE A FINAL CHECK JUST
BEFORE PRESS TIME. UPR RDG STILL BUILDING INTO MIDWEST TNGT AND
FRI...WITH THE RETURN OF AN ACTIVE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...INCLUDING A
RATHER STRONG S/WV...ON SAT. CURRENT ZFP SHOULD ONLY NEED SOME
TWEAKING OF THE DETAILS. WITH THE AMT OF PRECIP RECEIVED SO FAR AND
LIGHT WINDS/CLRG SKIES TNGT...WILL ADD MENTION OF FOG TO 1ST PD. NOT
MUCH HAPPENING ON FRI. CU RULE VALUES SUGGEST LTL OR NO CU UNDER SFC
RIDGE. WILL CONSIDER MOSUN INSTEAD OF PCLDY. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN
EYE ON SVR CHANCES ON SAT AS ETA PLACES JET MAX OVR SRN MN...WITH
OUR SRN CWA UNDER THE LF QUAD. WITH SFC TROFING AND 500 MB S/WV
MOVING ACROSS...MAY BUMP POPS UP A BIT FOR ENTIRE CWA. IT/S BEEN A
LTL DIFFICULT GETTING MOS DATA TDA...BUT FROM A PEEK AT SOME ETA MOS
AND THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE NO BIG AIRMASS CHANGES NXT COUPLE OF
DAYS AND ADVECTION PATTERNS WILL BE WEAK...DO NOT LOOK FOR ANY
DRASTIC TEMP CHGS. CONSIDERING TDA/S UPSTREAM TEMPS AND WITH MORE
SUNSHINE TMW...WE SHOULD REBOUND TO THE UPR 70S/LWR 80S...WITH LOWS
STAYING IN THE 50S.

.DLH...NONE.

ERF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 9:20 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1020 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

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

0854 PM    NORTHOME                  MN   0.75 IN HAIL
07/25/02   KOOCHICHING

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:26 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Itasca

When
July 25, 9:25 PM CST
Where
Itasca County, Marcell
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
47.600, -93.700

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: 5310560.