Wisconsin, 2002

Hail in Wisconsin, August 1, 2002

August 1, 2002 · NWS DLH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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
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 Aug 1, 1:00 AM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:00 AM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
200 AM CDT THU AUG 01 2002

CURRENTLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.
STRONG MID-LEVEL JET COUPLED WITH UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND SFC FRONT
ARE THE INGREDIENTS CURRENTLY.  STORMS ARE SHOWING ELEVATED
CHARACTERISTICS AT THE MOMENT.  HEAVY RAINS (FLOODING) AND HAIL
APPEAR TO BE THE SEVERE THREAT.  SPC MESO ANALYSIS INDICATES LCL
HEIGHTS OF 800 M AND LOWERING WITH TIME SO SEVERE WINDS ARE STILL A
POSSIBLE THREAT.

WITH MORE TSRA FIRING OVER EASTERN ND... DOES NOT APPEAR CONVECTION
WILL EXIT THE EASTERN ZONES OF FORECAST AREA UNTIL 18Z.  WILL
MAINTAIN PRECIP MENTION UNTIL NOON FOR MUCH OF FORECAST AREA.  WILL
LOOK AT RADAR, SATELLITE, ETC., JUST BEFORE ISSUANCE TO DEFINE THE
AREA.

DOES CLEAR OUT FAIRLY WELL AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN
BEHIND THE CURRENT SYSTEM.  SOME SC IS EXPECTED TO LINGER BEHIND THE
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON, BUT SHOULD BE THIN. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PRODUCE MIXING PREVENTING TONIGHT FROM BEING TOO CHILLY.

FRIDAY WILL BE SUNNY WITH CU FORMING IN THE AFTERNOON.  OTHERWISE A
RELATIVELY COOL DAY WITH WINDS CALMING (HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD
DURING THE AFTERNOON).  FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE CHILLY NIGHT, WEAK
RETURN FLOW WILL START BUT MAINLY ALOFT.  GOOD RADIATION COOLING
WITH CALM SFC WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT.

.DLH...SVR WATCH 561 FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA ALONG WITH
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WISCONSIN THROUGH 09Z.

KFM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 3:46 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
446 AM CDT THU AUG 01 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1215 AM    DEER RIVER                MN   0.75 IN HAIL
08/01/02   ITASCA                         SPOTTER REPORT

0100 AM    GRAND RAPIDS              MN   58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/01/02   ITASCA                         SPOTTER REPORTED 16 INCH
                                          DIAMETER TREE BLOWN OVER

0152 AM    FLOODWOOD                 MN   1.00 IN HAIL
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS                    SPOTTER REPORT

0152 AM    FLOODWOOD                 MN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS

0203 AM    FLOODWOOD                 MN   0.88 IN HAIL
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS                    SPOTTER REPORT

0215 AM    COTTON                    MN   0.75 IN HAIL
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS                    PUBLIC REPORT

0244 AM    HERMANTOWN                MN   0.75 IN HAIL
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS                    NWS EMPLOYEE

0253 AM    HERMANTOWN                MN   0.88 IN HAIL
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS                    NWS EMPLOYEE

0259 AM    DULUTH                    MN   1.00 IN HAIL
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS                    SPOTTER REPORT IN GARY

0307 AM    SUPERIOR                  WI   0.88 IN HAIL
08/01/02   DOUGLAS

0309 AM    DULUTH                    MN   0.88 IN HAIL
08/01/02   SAINT LOUIS                    SPOTTER REPORT ON PARK
                                          POINT

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Price

When
August 1, 7:20 AM CST
Where
Price County, Phillips
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.683, -90.400

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5312388.