Minnesota, 2002

Flood in Minnesota, June 10 to 30, 2002

June 10 to 30, 2002 · NWS FGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rainfall on the 9th and 10th produced widespread flooding across Kittson county. Quite a bit of overland flooding also took place, with a lot of water coming out of the Roseau River basin into portions of the county.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$85,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.

Heavy rainfall on the 9th and 10th produced widespread flooding across Kittson county. Quite a bit of overland flooding also took place, with a lot of water coming out of the Roseau River basin into portions of the county. The Lake Bronson dam was continually monitored, to keep the rate of inflow from overtaking the dam. The NDAWN mesonet site at Hallock reported 5.25 inches of rain during this 2 day period. Kittson county received a Presidential disaster declaration.

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 Jun 10, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
320 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

CONVECTIION JUST BROKE THROUGH 850 MB CAP AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ND
ALONG THE FRONT...FIRING QUICKLY AS STORM PREDICTION CENTER EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY REDEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST ND ARE AIDED BY
STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AS SHOWN ON 308K SURFACE IN MESOETA. BUT THIS
WILL END SOON WITH MAIN REASON FOR CONVECTION BECOMING MORE JET AND
VORTICITY MAX RELATED...SLIGHTLY FARTHER EAST. EXPECT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING EXCEPT ENDING EARLY
FOR EASTERN ND.

COOLER AND MUCH DRIER BEHIND THE FRONT SO THUNDER WILL END SOON
AFTER IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD. FLOODING TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN
TIER OF COUNTIES TONIGHT BUT REST OF REGION PROBABLY OK SINCE IT
HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE HEAVY RAIN AND YESTERDAYS RAIN IS BEGINNING
TO ENTER MAINSTEM RIVERS.

.EXTENDED...
AMPLIFYING WESTERN CONUS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE COUPLED WITH SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD DESCENDING POLAR VORTEX FROM HUDSON BAY SHOULD CIRCULATE
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REGIME FOR REGION INTO NEXT WEEKEND. TIMING OF
EMBEDDED PIECES OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY IN AFOREMENTIONED FAST FLOW WILL
BE PROBLEMATIC. WITH SURFACE HIGH PARKED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
GULF OF MEXICO INFLUX WILL BE SHUTOFF WITH FRIDAYS TROUGH PASSAGE
PERHAPS BETTER SHOT LOOMS WITH ADDITIONAL TROUGH PASSAGE SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY TIMEFRAME. ABOVE FLOW REGIME SHOULD DICTATE LOW-LEVEL
TRAJECTORY FAVORABLE FOR A CONTINUATION OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
THROUGH PERIOD.

.FGF...FLOOD WARNING LAKE OF THE WOODS AND ROSEAU COUNTIES...
       SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 405 UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
GV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:11 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
511 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

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

1255 PM    3 SW NORTHCOTE            MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   KITTSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:23 PM CST, 37 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-015-016-026>030-
038-039-049-052>054-110045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
723 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
ADJOINING COUNTIES IN RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
THE FOLLOWING NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES:
ROSEAU...LAKE OF THE WOODS...EASTERN MARSHALL...BELTRAMI...RED
LAKE...PENNINGTON...EASTERN POLK...CLEARWATER...MAHNOMEN...BECKER...
OTTERTAIL...GRANT...HUBBARD AND WADENA.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DISSIPATED OVER EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

NG

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Kittson

When
June 10, 7:00 PM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Kittson forecast zone
Property damage
$85,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
48.777, -96.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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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: 5301413.