Minnesota, 2002

Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2002

June 19, 2002 · NWS MPX · 14 events in 6 counties and zones

9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
14

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 19, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
330 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2002

850B THETA E ADVTN WHICH ASSISTED TSTMS IN SC INTO EC MN EARLIER TDY
HAS SHIFTED E WITH WKNG STORMS MVG THRU W WI.  NEW DVLPMT OCCURING
IN RPDLY DESTABALIZING AMS AHD OF SFC FNT.  NICE SFC THETA E RIDGE
NR MN/SODAK BRDR WITH LIS ARND B8 WITH SFC TEMPS WRMG INTO MID 80S
IN AREAS JUST S OF PRESENT WATCH CONTG TO INCRS INSTAB.  WDL PROFILE
BGNNG TO BCM MR FVBL LAST 2-3 HRS WITH LOW LVL WNDS BACKING MORE TO
THE SSE AND INCRSG.  MID LVL COOLING ASSOC WITH MID LVL TROF MVG
THRU AREA WL BRK ANY REMAING CAP THIS EVE ALLOWING STORMS TO DVLP
FARTHER S ALNG APRCHG FNT.  FEW ERLY MRNG SHWRS PSBL EXT S AND E
AREAS...BUT THEN RIDGING AND DRYING WL PROVIDE NICE DAY WITH
SUNSHINE AND LOWER HUMIDITY.  WAA AND INCRSG MID LVL INSTAB COULD
BRNG FEW TSTMS INTO EXT SW MN LT THURS NIGHT ON BACKSIDE OF RIDGE.
WILL CONT MENTION OF TSTMS ACRS AREA FRI WITH BETTER CHCS IN THE S
AND WEST.  BUILDING HGTS WILL PROVIDE A WARM FRI/SAT WITH 50H HGTS
RISING TO ABT 592.  WILL KEEP BETTER PCPN CHCS IN N AREAS.

.MSP...NONE.
PAULSON

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 182 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.

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Event by event

9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stevens

When
June 19, 5:40 PM CST
Where
Stevens County, 10 mi SW of Morris
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.483, -96.083

Hail, Swift

When
June 19, 5:43 PM CST
Where
Swift County, 12 mi N of Appleton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.367, -96.017

Hail, Douglas

When
June 19, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Douglas County, 2 mi W of Kensington
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.783, -95.733

Hail, Stevens

When
June 19, 6:10 PM CST
Where
Stevens County, 4 mi SW of Hancock
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.467, -95.867

Hail, Pope

When
June 19, 6:15 PM CST
Where
Pope County, 7 mi S of Cyrus
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.517, -95.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas

When
June 19, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Douglas County, Alexandria
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.883, -95.383

Tree down.

Tornado, Stearns

When
June 19, 6:58 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where
Stearns County, 4 mi W of Sauk Centre
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
25 yd
Reported by
METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
Coordinates
45.733, -95.050

Brief touchdown in open field witnessed by broadcast meteorologist.

Funnel Cloud, Stearns

When
June 19, 7:19 PM CST
Where
Stearns County, 3 mi W of Freeport
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
45.552, -94.613 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Funnel Cloud, Stearns

When
June 19, 8:10 PM CST
Where
Stearns County, Sartell
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
45.552, -94.613 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Stearns

When
June 19, 8:18 PM CST
Where
Stearns County, St Cloud
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
25 yd
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
45.567, -94.167

Brief touchdown in Hester Park along the Mississippi River. Few trees down.

Hail, McLeod

When
June 19, 10:10 PM CST
Where
McLeod County, Glencoe
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.767, -94.150

Hail, McLeod

When
June 19, 10:36 PM CST
Where
McLeod County, 4 mi N of Glencoe
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
44.817, -94.150

Hail, McLeod

When
June 19, 10:40 PM CST
Where
McLeod County, Plato
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.767, -94.050

Hail, McLeod

When
June 19, 10:53 PM CST
Where
McLeod County, 3 mi SW of Lester Prairie
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.850, -94.100

What these are

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.
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.
Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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: 5301954, 5301955, 5301956, 5301957, 5301958, 5301959, 5301960, 5301961, 5301962, 5301963, 5301964, 5301965, 5301966, 5301967.