Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2002

Name: Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 2002
Start: 2002-06-19T15:30
End: 2002-06-19T18:15
Location: Minnesota

June 19, 2002 · NWS FGF · 12 events in 6 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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 Jun 19, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
200 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN
CONVECTIVE CHANCES OVER WEEKEND AND TEMPS

.OVERVIEW...
SFC TROUGH MOVING INTO RED RIVER VALLEY...WITH DEWPOINTS FROM 65 TO
70 ALONG AND AHEAD OF FEATURE. POTENT UPPER SPEED MAX AND VORT MAX
NEAR 500MB PUSHING INTO CENTRAL ND...SHOULD HELP TO SPARK
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEAR SFC BOUNDARY. MODELS DID FAIR JOB WITH
INITIALIZATION...BUT LIKED ETA PLACEMENT OF QPF AND MOISTURE SO WILL
UTILIZE.

.SHORT TERM...
EXPECT CONVECTION TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS FA THIS
EVENING...THEN OUT OF REGION AROUND 04Z BEFORE DRIER AIR SCOURS OUT
MOISTURE. WITH CAPES TO AROUND 2000J/KG LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING
...ANTICIPATE SOME SEVERE STORMS (WIND/HAIL) ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
EAST OF RED RIVER VALLEY WITH 80KT NEAR 500MB AND STRONG 250MB
DIFFLUENCE. STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND WILL NEED TO
MONITOR FOR ANY FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS UNTIL CONVECTION PASSES. TEMPS
WILL DROP INTO THE 50S OVERNIGHT...WITH COOLEST READINGS NEAR DVL.

.LONG TERM AND EXTENDED...
DRY DAY EXPECT THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND SUBSIDENCE...WITH
TEMPS FROM 75 TO 80 WITH MINIMAL COOLING AT 850MB. BY FRIDAY...GULF
OPENS WITH +16C DEWPOINTS SURGING INTO FA BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SHOWALTER INDEX TO AROUND -5C. EXPECT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ACTIVE RING OF FIRE
TYPE PATTERN IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY...WITH THUNDER
CHANCES HARD TO PINPOINT...SO WILL MENTION CHANCE FOR THIS PERIOD.
CONCERNED ABOUT MORE HEAVY RAIN...BUT 700MB CAP MAY BE IN PLACE
SOMEWHERE ACROSS FA. TEMPS TO BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND NEAR OR
ABOVE 80 FOR HIGHS AND UPPER 50S TO MID 60S FOR LOWS. EXPECT
PRECIPITATION FREE WEATHER FOR TUE/WED...WITH TEMPS CONTINUING NEAR
OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

.FGF...NONE.

KELLENBENZ

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 184 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Hubbard

When: June 19, 3:30 PM CST to 3:33 PM CST
Where: Hubbard County, 1 mi NE of Park Rapids
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.933, -95.050

Hail, Hubbard

When: June 19, 3:37 PM CST
Where: Hubbard County, Dorset
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.950, -94.950

Tornado, Wilkin

When: June 19, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Wilkin County, 4 mi N of Rothsay
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 25 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 46.533, -96.283

A brief tornado touchdown demolished a 76x296 foot roof on a turkey barn.

Hail, Wilkin

When: June 19, 3:45 PM CST to 3:50 PM CST
Where: Wilkin County, 9 mi SE of Wolverton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.483, -96.650

Hail, Hubbard

When: June 19, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Hubbard County, 2 mi NW of Nevis
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.983, -94.867

Hail, Hubbard

When: June 19, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Hubbard County, 5 mi N of Nevis
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.033, -94.833

Thunderstorm Wind, Becker

When: June 19, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Becker County, 1 mi SW of Cormorant
Property damage: $100
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.717, -96.083

Several branches were blown down.

Hail, Norman

When: June 19, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Norman County, 2 mi E of Ranum
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.467, -96.083

Hail, Mahnomen

When: June 19, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Mahnomen County, 4 mi NW of Bejou
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.483, -96.050

Hail, Polk

When: June 19, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Polk County, 5 mi SW of Fosston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.517, -95.817

Hail, Hubbard

When: June 19, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Hubbard County, 4 mi W of Laporte
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.217, -94.850

Thunderstorm Wind, Hubbard

When: June 19, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Hubbard County, 5 mi NW of Lake George
Measured: 78 kt (90 mph)
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.250, -95.083

Microburst winds estimated as high as 90 mph blew trees and power lines down near Lake Alice. Boats and docks were also tossed around by the waves.

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.
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.

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

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, June 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: 5301032, 5301035, 5301033, 5301036, 5301037, 5301038, 5301039, 5301040, 5301041, 5301042, 5301043, 5301034.