1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 7, 8:15 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 915 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 UPDATED TO RETOOL CURRENT TREND IN CONVECTION...CLEAR WATCH 396... AND CANCEL FLOOD WATCH. STILL EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT AREAS FARTHER NWRD. LOTS OF FRESH DEVELOPMENT IN N CNTRL NEBRASKA AND INTO S CNTRL SD. LTST RUC DOES SHIFT MSTR CONVERGENCE GRADUALLY NWRD OVERNIGHT...AS LLJ CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN PAST CURRENT 40-45 KTS ON MRR PROF FEEDS OVR BNDRY. STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATE STILL THERE...AND ADVECTING OVER BNDRY AS WELL. SVR THREAT PRETTY MUCH BECOMES LIMITED TO ELEVATED SUPERCELLS WITH SOME LARGE HAIL. STILL LOOK FOR SOME HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPLY MO RVR CORRIDOR NWRD TO I90. .FSD...NONE CHAPMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
622 PM CDT FRI JUN 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0443 PM 3 W SPRINGFIELD SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 BON HOMME REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0451 PM SPRINGFIELD SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 BON HOMME REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0617 PM JEFFERSON SD .88 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 UNION REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 800 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 396 CANCELLED... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED... THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 396 FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT... AND MAY BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
808 PM CDT FRI JUN 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM WORTHINGTON ARPT MN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/07/02 NOBLES AUTOMATED WEATHER
EQUIPMENT
0545 PM ORANGE CITY ARPT IA 77 MPH TSTM GUST
06/07/02 SIOUX AUTOMATED WEATHER
EQUIPMENT
0550 PM HOSPERS IA 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/07/02 SIOUX REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0553 PM 10 W MERRILL IA 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/07/02 PLYMOUTH REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0647 PM 2 N DICKENS IA .75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 CLAY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0659 PM 5 W SOUTH SIOUX CITY NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 DAKOTA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0756 PM SIOUX CITY IA FLOOD
06/07/02 WOODBURY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
EXTENSIVE STREET
FLOODING THROUGHOUT
DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY
0805 PM ALLEN NE 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/07/02 DIXON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1040 PM CDT FRI JUN 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0501 PM 3 NE SPRINGFIELD SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 BON HOMME REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0505 PM 1 ENE ROCK VLY IA .88 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 SIOUX REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0520 PM DOON IA .75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 LYON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0547 PM PONCA NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/07/02 DIXON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0615 PM 1 SE JEFFERSON SD 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/07/02 UNION REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0750 PM 4 E WILLIS NE FLOOD
06/07/02 DAKOTA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0800 PM NORTH SIOUX CITY SD FLOOD
06/07/02 UNION FLOODING IN DAKOTA
DUNES. REPORTED BY MEDIA.NEZ013-014-SDZ062-065>071-080416- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1101 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 397 EXPIRED... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 397 FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 178 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and poles, and caused tree damage.
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: 5305722.