Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2002

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2002
Start: 2002-07-25T16:04
End: 2002-07-25T18:55
Location: Minnesota

July 25, 2002 · NWS FGF · 10 events in 5 counties and zones

8 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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 25, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
210 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE CONVECTIVE CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY

.OVERVIEW...
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS SECONDARY TROUGH JUST WEST OF
VALLEY...AHEAD OF SUBTLE SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST ND. SOME
TOWERING CUMULUS IS TRYING TO DEVELOP NEAR TROUGH...IN AREA OF
1000J/KG CAPE AND LOWER/MID 60S DEWPOINTS. WITH AVN/ETA NOT
RUNNING...WILL UTILIZE CANADIAN MODEL WITH EXTRAPOLATION AND RUC FOR
FIRST 12 HOURS OF FORECAST.

.SHORT TERM...
WITH TROUGH AND WEAK VORT MAX...WILL INSERT ISOLATED THUNDER ALONG
AND EAST OF VALLEY THIS EVENING. CAPES APPROACH 1500 J/KG...BUT WITH
LITTLE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR DON/T ANTICIPATE AND SEVERE STORMS WITH
CONVECTION THIS EVENING. TEMPS OVERNIGHT SHOULD DROP TO NEAR 60 AS
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FILTERS IN. WILL ALSO KEEP PATCHY FOG MENTION
AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SATURATION OCCURRING WITH MINIMAL DRY AIR
ADVECTION.

.LONG TERM...
REGION REMAINS IN GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW...WITH HARD TO TIME
SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH FLOW. BEST CHANCE AT THUNDER APPEARS TO BE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...THEN AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT. CAPES SHOULD APPROACH 3000 J/KG SATURDAY...ALONG WITH SFC
BOUNDARY...SO SOME SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED DEPENDING ON STRENGTH OF
CAP...WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERDONE BY MODELS OF LATE. TEMPS SHOULD BE IN
THE LOW/MID 80S SATURDAY...COOLING A BIT SUNDAY TO AROUND 80.

.EXTENDED...
MODELS SHIFTING GEARS TOWARDS PROGRESSIVE AMPLIFYING LONGWAVE PATTERN
OVER CONUS. ABOVE SCENARIO SHOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT WARMING
TREND BY THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK OVER REGION AS
DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH VICINITY OF WESTERN CANADA AND PACIFIC
NORTHWEST PUMPS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. DURING
TRANSITIONAL STAGE CONVECTIVE THREAT LOOMS ON THE HORIZON FOR
MONDAY...OTHERWISE DEVELOPING PATTERN CONDUCIVE FOR INCREASING HEAT
AND HUMIDITY WITH INCREASING WARMTH IN THE MID LAYERS PRODUCING
INHIBITING CAP FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT/THREAT.

.FGF...NONE

KELLENBENZ/BERG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 1:26 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
226 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2002

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

0110 AM    1 NE HAWLEY               MN   .88 INCH HAIL 07/25/02
CLAY

0130 AM    9 S  LIDGERWOOD           ND   60 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/25/02   RICHLAND                       SHINGLES TORN FROM ROOF

0200 AM    7 N LAKE PARK             MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/25/02   BECKER

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Event by event

8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Roseau

When: July 25, 4:04 PM CST
Where: Roseau County, 12 mi NW of Greenbush
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.817, -96.367

Hail, Polk

When: July 25, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Polk County, 2 mi S of Erskine
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.633, -96.017

Hail, Polk

When: July 25, 5:45 PM CST to 5:50 PM CST
Where: Polk County, 1 mi E of Winger
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.533, -95.967

Tornado, Polk

When: July 25, 5:45 PM CST to 5:52 PM CST
Where: Polk County, 2 mi N of Winger
Rating: F1
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 47.567, -95.983

A metal shed roof was damaged and a steel bin roof was torn off 2 miles north of Winger. The path was intermittent.

Hail, Clay

When: July 25, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 2 mi SE of Averill
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.950, -96.517

Hail, Mahnomen

When: July 25, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Mahnomen County, 7 mi E of Bejou
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.450, -95.833

Tornado, Mahnomen

When: July 25, 5:58 PM CST to 6:08 PM CST
Where: Mahnomen County, 3 mi NE of Bejou
Rating: F1
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 47.483, -95.933

Numerous trees were uprooted.

Hail, Clay

When: July 25, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 2 mi SW of Hawley
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.867, -96.350

Hail, Mahnomen

When: July 25, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Mahnomen County, 11 mi E of Waubun
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.183, -95.717

Hail, Becker

When: July 25, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Becker County, 20 mi E of White Earth
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.100, -95.433

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Minnesota, 2002 Warnings in Minnesota, July 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: 5308389, 5308390, 5308391, 5308392, 5308393, 5308485, 5308486, 5308487, 5308488, 5308489.