Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 2002

Name: Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 2002
Start: 2002-06-25T16:58
End: 2002-06-25T18:00
Location: Minnesota

June 25, 2002 · NWS ABR · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 hail, 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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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/N-EAST SD AND W-CENTRAL MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
325 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

S/W TROUGH SLIDING ACROSS THE NE PART OF THE CWA THIS EVENING FROM
THE NW COMBINED WITH A SFC COLD FRONT...HIGH INSTABILITY...GOOD
DWPTS AND A WEAKENING CAP WILL BRING SCT TO NUMEROUS TSRAS TO NE SD
AND WC MN. SATELLITE AND RADAR ALREADY SHOWING DEVELOPMENT ALONG
THIS FRONT LATE THIS AFTN. AFTER THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH...MUCH
DRIER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH CLEARING
SKIES. MDLS SHOW SFC HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING THE WEATHER ACROSS THE
CWA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH LESS HUMIDITY ALONG WITH COOLER AFTN
AND NIGHTTIME TEMPS. ALSO...NOT MUCH FOR CLOUD COVER OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. MDLS SHOW A SHARP 50H RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE CENTER PART
OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN BEING KNOCKED DOWN SOME BY
A S/W THAT PUSHES THROUGH IT. DONT BELIEVE THIS S/W WILL BRING ANY
PRECIP THOUGH. THEREFORE...AFTER THE TSRAS THIS EVENING ACROSS NE SD
AND WC MN THE CWA WILL REMAIN DRY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH
TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER A
MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE EXCEPTION
WILL BE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION...WHERE A TROUGH WILL PUSH
ONTO THE COAST LATE IN THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE...THE UPPER
MIDWEST WILL BE SITUATED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES...AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES ON SATURDAY. THE
WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY PUSH TO THE EAST SUNDAY INTO EARLY
MONDAY...TO A LINE FROM NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS BY 12Z TUESDAY. IT APPEARS THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF IT DURING
THIS TIME FRAME. THE TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
DAKOTAS ON TUESDAY...WITH ANY PRECIPITATION THEN AFFECTING THE CWA.
THE MRF INDICATES INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
TROUGH...SO WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE FAIRLY WARM DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE
EXTENDED WITH PLENTY OF SUBSIDENCE UNDER THE HIGH. SLIGHTLY COOLER
AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN BY MONDAY...BUT STILL NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.ABR...NONE

MOHR/PARKIN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
340 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0915 PM    5 NE OACOMA               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   LYMAN

0915 PM    5 NE OACOMA               SD   70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/25/02   LYMAN

0914 PM    5 E LAKE NORDEN           SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   HAMLIN

0955 PM    CLEAR LAKE                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   DEUEL

MJA

Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
340 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0915 PM    5 NE OACOMA               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02   LYMAN

0915 PM    5 NE OACOMA               SD   70 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/24/02   LYMAN

0914 PM    5 E LAKE NORDEN           SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02   HAMLIN

0955 PM    CLEAR LAKE                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02   DEUEL

MJA

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:07 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
507 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0350 PM    3 NE BURDETTE             SD   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   HAND

0358 PM    3 SW TULARE               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   SPINK

0420 PM    2 S CONDE                 SD   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   SPINK

0455 PM    TURTON                    SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   SPINK

0500 PM    2 NE RAYMOND              SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   CLARK

AP

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:31 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
531 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    SISSETON                  SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   ROBERTS                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0527 PM    2 N SISSETON              SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   ROBERTS                        REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVERS

0525 PM    RAYMOND                   SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   CLARK                          REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Traverse

When: June 25, 4:58 PM CST
Where: Traverse County, Browns Vly
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.600, -96.850

Hail, Traverse

When: June 25, 5:32 PM CST
Where: Traverse County, Browns Vly
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.600, -96.850

Hail, Big Stone

When: June 25, 5:33 PM CST
Where: Big Stone County, 2 mi W of Beardsley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.567, -96.750

Hail, Big Stone

When: June 25, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Big Stone County, Ortonville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 45.317, -96.450

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history 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: 5306306, 5306307, 5306308, 5306309.