1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 2 hours earlier.
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 HACKER
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning damaged electronic equipment at a grain elevator, and stripped a large part of the bark from a tree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5305630.