1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 7:57 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 855 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 ZONES UPDATED EARLIER TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY/FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES...WITH A FEW REPORTS OF GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AROUND AND EAST OF CARTHAGE IN MINER COUNTY. LINE SEEMS TO BE HANGING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BOUNDARY...WITH LITTLE EASTWARD MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME. WILL LET ZONES RIDE AS IS FOR NOW AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK WHEN WATCH EXPIRES AT 04Z. .FSD...NONE HACKER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
935 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0627 PM 4 W OLDHAM SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 KINGSBURY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
EVENT DURATION 5 MINUTES.
0702 PM 9 NE HOWARD SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 MINER REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0710 PM 7 W RAMONA SD 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 LAKE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0724 PM 3 S RAMONA SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 LAKE REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0725 PM 4 W RAMONA SD .88 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 LAKE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0751 PM 6 E CARTHAGE SD 2.5 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 MINER REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0758 PM 4 NE CARTHAGE SD 1 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 MINER REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0804 PM 13 S DE SMET SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 KINGSBURY NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL. . REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0809 PM CARTHAGE SD 2.5 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 MINER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0810 PM CARTHAGE SD 2.5 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 MINER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0811 PM DE SMET SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 KINGSBURY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0830 PM 3 E CARTHAGE SD 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 MINER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0916 PM 5 N CHAMBERLAIN SD 1 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 BRULE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1052 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0831 PM 5 NW PLANKINTON SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 AURORA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0844 PM 1 S CARTHAGE SD 1 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 MINER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0845 PM 2 NW BADGER SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 KINGSBURY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0855 PM 7 N ARTESIAN SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 SANBORN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0940 PM 7 N WESSINGTON SPGS SD 1 INCH HAIL
06/24/02 JERAULD REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0945 PM 5 S PLANKINTON SD 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/24/02 AURORA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0955 PM 5 N CHAMBERLAIN SD 80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/24/02 BRULE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1037 PM LETCHER SD WIND DAMAGE
06/24/02 SANBORN TREES DOWN IN LETCHER.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>068-250445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1122 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 465 FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 465...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds not associated with thunderstorms caused tree and power line damage in a path from Volga to Elkton, including the city of Brookings. Several trees were uprooted in Elkton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2002
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: 5306048.