Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 28, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 28, 2002
Start: 2002-05-28T12:30
End: 2002-05-28T13:10
Location: Minnesota

May 28, 2002 · NWS MPX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 28, 2:45 AM CST, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:45 AM CST, 9 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
345 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

KIND OF A HECTIC MORNING WITH SOME ELEVATED TSRA FIRING IN SCNTL MN.
KMPX VWP SHOWS A PRETTY DECENT LLJ ON THE ORDER OF 35KTS IMPINGING
ON OLD BNDRY IN SRN MN/NRN IA WHICH STILL SHOWS PER MSAS ANALYSIS.
WAA/THETA-E ADV IN ADVANCE OF CNTL PLAINS WAVE ALSO AIDING IN
GROWTH.  THESE HAVE BEEN BORDERLINE SVR. LACK OF STORM ORGANIZATION
DUE TO ANEMIC WINDS ALOFT SHOWN IN STORM PULSES AND QUICK COLLAPSES
INTO MULTICELL CLUSTERS. PBLM THIS PACKAGE IS TSRA TDY...TMRW...AND
WARM TEMPS TMRW.

MONEY QUESTION WITH NEXT TWO IMPULSES IS CHANCE OF SVR. WHILE LL
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKLY ADVECT IN...WITH SFC DWPTS IN THE
LOW 60S...WIND FIELDS ALOFT RIVAL SOMETHING FROM MID JULY WITH
LITTLE SHEAR PRESENT. WAVE TDY WHICH IS NOW IN WRN DAKS PER WV
PIX...HAS LITTLE SFC REFLECTION...BUT SOME DECENT UVM IN MID LAYERS.
THIS COUPLED WITH STEEPISH LAPSE RATES AND AVBLE MOISTURE SHOULD GET
TSRA GOING IN AFTN IN WEST...AND ACROSS CNTL/EAST LATE THIS
AFTN/EVE. FLY IN OINTMENT IS REMNANT CIRRUS DECK FROM MORNING MCS IN
NEB...AND ITS AFFECTS ON HEATING. WL TRIM TEMPS BACK A BIT. LITTLE
IN THE WAY OF BOUNDARIES TO FOCUS CONVECTION...BUT UPPER FORCING
WITH WAVE SHUD BE ENOUGH. MAY BE SOME SVR THIS AFTN/EVE BUT OVERALL
EXTENT SHUD BE LIMITED WITH NO/LITTLE SHEAR.

WED REALLY WARMS AS LL THERMAL RIDGE PARKS OVR MN. TEMPS WELL INTO
80S...ESP GIVEN DRYING/SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF TUE WAVE...AND AHEAD OF
NEXT NRN STREAM IMPULSE RIDING OVER BULGING ROCKIES RIDGE. A MORE
ORGANIZED PUSH OF DRY AIR/CONVERGENCE ENTERS MN IN THE AFTN...AND
PLENTY OF JUICE IN PLACE. BUT BEST FORCING/LL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE
FOCUSED IN NRN MN...SO WILL GO FOR SCT POPS. THINGS MAY FIRE ON NOSE
OF STRONG JET IN ND AND RIDGE RIDE INTO NICE AREA OF THICKNESS
DIFFLUENCE IN SWRN MN IN EVENING. WL NEED TO BE WATCHED.

NO CHANGES TO XTENDED ATTM.

.MSP...NONE

BINAU

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sibley

When: May 28, 12:30 PM CST to 12:40 PM CST
Where: Sibley County, 4 mi SSE of Green Isle
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.633, -93.983

Hail, Faribault

When: May 28, 12:40 PM CST
Where: Faribault County, 3 mi W of Kiester
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.533, -93.783

Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca

When: May 28, 12:54 PM CST
Where: Waseca County, Janesville
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 44.117, -93.717

Measured by storm chaser. No damage.

Hail, Blue Earth

When: May 28, 1:00 PM CST to 1:10 PM CST
Where: Blue Earth County, 5 mi NE of St Clair
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.133, -93.783

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, May 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: 5298684, 5298685, 5298686, 5298687.