Minnesota, 2002

Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 2 to 3, 2002

June 2 to 3, 2002 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
900 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2002

A COUPLE OF CELLS TRIED TO DEVELOP EAST OF KSUX IN THE LAST HOUR...
BUT NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK BREAKING THROUGH THE CAP AT THIS POINT.
SFC LOW PRESSURE BETWEEN KODX AND KOFK IN NERN NEBRASKA...WITH
STRONG WARM FRONT /10-20 DEG F TEMP CONTRAST ACROSS THE BOUNDARY/
CLOSE TO SOUTHERN BORDER OF OUR CWA.  KFSD 88D VAD WIND PROFILE
STILL SHOWING STRONG EASTERLY FLOW UP TO 4KFT WITH QUICK TURN TO
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ABOVE THAT.  MUCH MORE SHALLOW EAST FLOW ON
NELIGH PROFILER...WITH ALL SOUTHEAST-SOUTH FLOW IN LOWEST LEVELS
ON 00Z KOAX RAOB AND 88D VWP.  WITH ACTIVITY OUT IN THE HIGH PLAINS
AHEAD OF UPPER WAVE...ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY ALONG QUASI-DRY LINE/TROF
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WESTERN KANSAS...AND LOW LEVEL
JET INCREASING OVERNIGHT...HAVE KEPT THE CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA GOING
THROUGHOUT CWA.  FEEL BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WILL BE NEAR THE
BOUNDARY OVER FAR SOUTHERN CWA...AND LEFT A MENTION OF POSSIBLE
SEVERE FOR KYKN-KSUX GROUP.

REMAINDER OF FORECAST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND ONLY MADE SOME MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS AND WINDS.

.FSD...NONE
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The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Pipestone

When
June 2, 11:20 PM CST to June 3, 12:30 AM CST
Where
Pipestone County, Pipestone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.023, -96.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain caused flooding of county roads and lowlands in the Pipestone area.

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: 5305634.