Minnesota, 2002

Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 11, 2002

June 11, 2002 · NWS MPX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Wind
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  • 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 8:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 8:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
930 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MN. 00Z MPX
RAOB SHOWS FREEZING LEVEL AT 14600 FEET WITH A WET BULB ZERO AROUND
12400. PROFILERS SHOW ONLY MODEST LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM NERN KS INTO
SRN MN. STORMS WILL LIKELY HANG IN THERE FOR AWHILE BUT MAIN
QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING AS THEY GET FARTHER
AWAY FROM UPPER SUPPORT. SUSPECT SHOWERS WILL MAKE IT TO WISCONSIN
WITH AIRMASS AS UNSTABLE AS IT IS...AND SOME LOW LEVEL FLOW
CONTINUING TO FEED IN.

INTERESTING 18Z AVN. SHOWED CURRENT FRONT XTNDG FROM LOW IN NWRN MN
REACHING A LINE FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO NORTHERN KANSAS BY
TOMORROW EVENING. MEANWHILE LOW ALONG BORDER OF NERN MT AND
SASK...ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW... WILL BRING SURGE OF COLD AIR.
SECOND FRONT MAY WIND UP BEING THE MAIN FRONT. THAT ONE WILL BE
ENTERING WEST CNTRAL MN TOMORROW EARLY EVENING.

.MSP...NONE
TDK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:10 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
810 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

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

0620 PM    1 N HANCOCK               MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   STEVENS                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          DURATION 10 MINUTES.

0720 PM    2 SW TERRACE              MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   POPE                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:45 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
845 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

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

0630 PM    4 E SWIFT FALLS           MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   SWIFT                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0818 PM    1 NW ST MARTIN            MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   STEARNS                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.
Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:27 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1027 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

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

1025 PM    MONTROSE                  MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Faribault

When
June 11, 1:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
Where
Faribault County, Blue Earth
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.674, -93.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two feet of water on city streets. Manhole covers blown off sewers.

What these are

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5301922.