1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 320 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY SETTING UP FM NERN SD TO CNTRL SD TO W/CNTRL NE ATTM AND AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY CONTINUES TO DAMPEN RIDGE... EXPCT CONVECTION TO BREAK OUT ALONG BOUNDARY...ESP IN LESS CAPPED AREA TOWARDS THE N. FEEL THIS WILL BE THE NIGHT THERE IS ENUF CAP BREAKING WITH UPR FLOW BCMG MORE WNW TO GO LKLY POPS IN NRN CWA TNGT. WILL ALSO PUT IN CHC SVR IN N. TO THE SOUTH MUCH MORE IFFY AND WILL KEEP PREV FCST. THINK AREAS S OF I 90 WILL HAVE MAIN CHC TUE AFTN AS BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT S. SOME BACKDOOR COOLING FOR CWA FOR WED...BEFORE GOING BACK TO BLOCKING WARM AND DRY PATTERN. WILL GIVE UP ON CHC TSTMS FOR SAT AS RIDGE RIDERS RATHER OBSCURE RIGHT NOW. .FSD...NONE. RYRHOLM
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Large hail caused damage to crops. The amount of damage was not known but the damage was not severe according to the county agriculture agent.
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