Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 2002

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$50,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

34

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.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 2:00 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002

THE AIR MASS LOOKS PRIME FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. EXPECT ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVERNIGHT WITH SURFACE
TROUGH AND LOW LEVEL THETA E RIDGE REMAINING FROM SOUTH DAKOTAS INTO
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE THICKNESS PATTERN IS FORECAST TO REMAIN
DIFLUENT AND LOW LEVEL FLOW AROUND 925 MB IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO
35 KNOTS OVERNIGHT. THE THETA E RIDGE IS FORECAST TO DRIFT OVER OUR
COUNTY WARNING AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DIURNAL HEATING AND RESIDUAL
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE LIKELY TO INITIAL MORE CONVECTION. THE
FORECAST ORIENTATION OF THE UPPER JET FAVORS LIFT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TUESDAY EVENING FOR CONTINUED CONVECTION AND POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAIN. DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW IS ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY. THE AVN
MODEL SUGGESTS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE GRADUALLY BUILD OVER THE REGION
BRINGING A SIGNIFICANT WARMING DURING THE EXTENDED PERIODS.

.MSP...NONE.
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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.

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

• Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 27, 20024 deaths · 5 events
• Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24 to 25, 2002$26 million · 10 events
• Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 24, 20021 death · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 24, 20021 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 24, 2002$720,000 · 79 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 24, 2002$500,000 · 69 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 2002$100,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
• Wildfire in California, June 24, 2002$80,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 2002$53,000 · 4 in hail · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 24, 2002$60,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 24, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 24, 2002$30,000 · 0.88 in hail · 2 events

Every storm in Minnesota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 2002Warnings in Minnesota, June 2002

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: 5302193, 5302194, 5302124, 5302195, 5302196, 5302197, 5302198, 5302199, 5302200, 5302201, 5302202, 5302203, 5302204, 5302205, 5302206, 5302207, 5302208, 5302209, 5302210, 5302211, 5302212, 5302213, 5302214, 5302215, 5302216, 5302217, 5302218, 5302219, 5302220, 5302221, 5302222, 5302283, 5302285, 5302284.