Minnesota, 2002

Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 24, 2002

June 24, 2002 · NWS FGF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$250,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 24, 7:55 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 7:55 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
855 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE OVERNIGHT WILL BE TSRA CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES.

CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS FAR FRINGES OF FORECAST AREA. STRONGEST
OF NOTE IS OVER FAR NE WHERE TSRA FIRING ALONG NE-SW ORIENTED
BOUNDARY FROM N CENTRAL MN TO JUST SOUTH OF FAR AND INTO NORTH
CENTRAL SD AIDED BY WEAK MID LEVEL IMPULSE TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN
MN FROM WATER VAPOR LOOP. SPOTTY CONVECTION ALSO UPSTREAM OVER OVER
SW SASK ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK SURFACE
BOUNDARY. DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE 60S ACROSS THE REGION AND WITH
APPROACH OF NEXT WAVE LATE TONIGHT CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF AN ISOLD TSRA WITH 850MB THETA-E RIDGE ORIENTED FROM SE TO NW ND.
FORTUNATELY 850 LOW LEVEL JET NOT TO BE AN IMPACT AND ASSOCIATED
CONVERGENCE WELL SOUTH OF FA. WILL MENTION ONGOING TSRA EAST AND
ISOLD LATE OVER NW WITH REMAINDER DRY. SKIES SHOULD BE FAIRLY CLEAR
BESIDE SOME CI CONVECTIVE DEBRIS. TEMPS MILD OVERNIGHT BASED ON
EXPECTED DEWPOINTS. CHANGES WILL BE MINOR.

.FGF...NONE.

VOELKER

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:20 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Hubbard

When
June 24, 9:22 PM CST
Where
Hubbard County, 3 mi N of Akeley
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
25 yd
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
47.050, -94.683

A brief touchdown blew over several trees.

Tornado, Hubbard

When
June 24, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Hubbard County, 3 mi E of Akeley
Rating
F1
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
35 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
47.000, -94.617

8 trees were uprooted and 3 recreational vehicles were demolished by falling trees. One man received a bruise on his head.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5301230, 5301231.