Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 2002

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 25, 2002
Start: 2002-06-25T18:15
End: 2002-06-25T19:50
Location: Minnesota

June 25, 2002 · NWS MPX · 22 events in 2 counties and zones

10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $810,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
330 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

FORECAST CONCERN NEAR TERM...CONVECTION INITIATION/FLOODING
POTENTIAL.

LINE OF STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG DEVELOPING COLD FRONT OVER THE
EASTERN DAKOTAS.  SVR WATCH ALREADY IN PLACE.  OTHERWISE...OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHEAST MN/SOUTHWEST WI BEGINNING TO FIRE.  BELIEVE
MAIN SHOW WILL BE UPPER TROF MOVING INTO WESTERN MN WITH COLD FRONT
SWEEPING TO CENTRAL MN  AROUND 06Z...THEN SAGGING OUT OF SOUTHERN MN
BY 12Z WED.  WITH GROUND SATURATED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MN AND
MOSAIC FFG INDICATING 1 HR VALUES AROUND .60 INCH AND 3 HR TOTALS
AROUND 1 INCH...WILL LIKELY SEE SOME RAPID RUNOFF IF THESE AREAS SEE
THUNDERSTORMS.  ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AREA FOR TONIGHT.

DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE IN WED-THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
TEMPERATURES NOT COOLING ALL THAT MUCH...WITH READINGS MOVING BACK
INTO THE 90S BY THE WEEKEND...AND UPPER RIDE OVER THE AREA.

.MSP...FLOOD WATCH MUCH OF CENTRAL MN....SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR
WILLMAR TO ANOKA...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO RED WING.
 DWE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 12:51 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
151 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0520 PM    ISANTI                    MN   FLOOD
06/24/02   ISANTI                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. 4 INCHES OF
                                          RAIN IN ONE AND A HALF
                                          HOURS. 2-3 FEET OF
                                          WATER COVING MAIN
                                          STREET. MANY BASEMENTS
                                          FLOODED.

0628 PM    WAVERLY                   MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/24/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          POWERLINE DOWN.

1049 PM    HOWARD LAKE               MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/24/02   WRIGHT                         LARGE TREE DOWN IN
                                          ROAD. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1111 PM    DELANO                    MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/24/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          POWERLINE DOWN.
                                          STARTED FIRE. POWER OUT
                                          IN DELANO.

1111 PM    HOWARD LAKE               MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/24/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          TREE BLOWN ONTO SHED.

1156 PM    ANNANDALE                 MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/24/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. TREE TOPS
                                          BLOWN ON THE ROAD.

1230 AM    ANNANDALE                 MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          POWERLINE DOWN.

0129 AM    DELANO                    MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          LARGE TREE DOWN.

0153 AM    WAVERLY                   MN   FLOOD
06/25/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. A
                                          MUDSLIDE TOPPLED TREES
                                          AND POWERLINES DOWN.

0230 AM    NEW GERMANY               MN   FLOOD
06/25/02   CARVER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          CITY IS PUMPING SEWERS.
                                          MANY BASEMENTS FLOODED.

0230 AM    LESTER PRAIRIE            MN   FLOOD
06/25/02   MCLEOD                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          SOME ROADS CLOSED. SAND
                                          BAGGING IN CITY.

0230 AM    HAMBURG                   MN   FLOOD
06/25/02   CARVER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          CITY IS PUMPING SEWERS.
                                          MANY BASEMENTS FLOODED.

Local storm report, Jun 25, 1:13 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
213 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0330 AM    LAKE SARAH                MN   FLOOD
06/25/02   HENNEPIN                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          BASEMENTS FLOODED. LAKE
                                          FLOODING.

Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:22 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
622 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002

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

0510 PM    12 S MARIETTA             MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   LAC QUI PARLE                  REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0555 PM    10 N MORA                 MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   KANABEC                        EVENT DURATION 10
                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

0612 PM    GILMAN                    MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02   BENTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.

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Event by event

10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, 3 mi W of Bellingham
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.133, -96.367

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Madison
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.017, -96.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Madison
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.017, -96.200

Several trees and power lines down.

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:41 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, 5 mi NW of Madison
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.067, -96.267

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Madison
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 45.017, -96.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Madison
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 45.017, -96.200

Twelve inch diameter tree down.

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:48 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Madison
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.017, -96.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Dawson
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.933, -96.067

Path up to 1 mile wide. Crop Damage. Large trees down. Power lines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Dawson
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.933, -96.067

Trees down.

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 7:02 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Dawson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.933, -96.067

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, 4 mi SE of Dawson
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.900, -96.017

Tornado, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 7:10 PM CST to 7:14 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, 2 mi S of Boyd
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 44.817, -95.900

Tornado embedded within a rain-wrapped storm was videotaped as it crossed open country. The tornado continued into Yellow Medicine County.

Tornado, Yellow Medicine

When: June 25, 7:14 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
Where: Yellow Medicine County, 3 mi WNW of Clarkfield
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 44.800, -95.850

Tornado started in Lac Qui Parle County and ended in Yellow Medicine County. It destroyed one third of a turkey barn south of Clarkfield.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Boyd
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.850, -95.900

Few trees down, including one through roof of house.

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, Boyd
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.850, -95.900

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When: June 25, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Lac Qui Parle County, 2 mi W of Boyd
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 44.850, -95.933

Hail, Yellow Medicine

When: June 25, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Yellow Medicine County, 4 mi N of Clarkfield
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 44.833, -95.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine

When: June 25, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Yellow Medicine County, Clarkfield
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.783, -95.800

Few trees down. Mobile construction office tipped over.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine

When: June 25, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Yellow Medicine County, Hazel Run
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.750, -95.717

Silo destroyed; few trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine

When: June 25, 7:36 PM CST
Where: Yellow Medicine County, Hanley Falls
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage: $750,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 44.700, -95.633

Three large grain bins dented, ham radio tower down, numerous trees down. Minor damage to roofs and windows of houses.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine

When: June 25, 7:43 PM CST
Where: Yellow Medicine County, Wood Lake
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.650, -95.550

Numerous trees down; wood and steel pieces thrown around lumber yard.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine

When: June 25, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Yellow Medicine County, Echo
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.617, -95.417

Few trees down. This was the last severe weather event to be reported from an intense high-precipitation supercell that tracked southeast. The storm produced severe weather for approximately 60 miles across Lac Qui Parle and Yellow Medicine Counties. An NWS damage survey was performed from Dawson to Boyd (Lac Qui Parle County); the damage was such that a tornado could neither be proved nor disproved. Video from a meteorologist indicated there was a tornado from south of Boyd to south of Clarkfield (see related entry).

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Minnesota, 2002 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: 5302286, 5302287, 5302288, 5302289, 5302290, 5302291, 5302292, 5302293, 5302294, 5302295, 5302296, 5302300, 5302301, 5302297, 5302298, 5302302, 5302303, 5302304, 5302305, 5302299, 5302306, 5302377.