Hail, Koochiching
- When
- June 9, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Koochiching County, International Falls
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.600, -93.400
Hail in Minnesota, June 9, 2002
1 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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 9:15 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 9:15 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1015 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002 STRONGEST STORMS HAVE BEEN FIRING IN INSTABILITY AXIS UP THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA DUE TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ABOUT A SURFACE TROUGH IN THAT AREA. 850MB JET UNDERFORECAST BY ETA...IT WAS 50KT ON THE 00Z MON SOUNDING. 850MB WIND FORECAST TO DECREASE OVERALL BY 12Z MON. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER THE WARM FRONT...MAINLY WESTERN AND NORTHERN ZONES. .DLH...NONE. MELDE
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 215 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:11 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Minnesota, June 9 to 30, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 9 to 30, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 2002
- High Wind in Oregon, June 9, 2002
- Flooding in Minnesota, June 9 to 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 9, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 9, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, June 9, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 9 to 10, 2002
- Drought in Colorado, June 9 to 30, 2002
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5306292.