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Storm reports for August 11, 2002
On August 11, 2002, 176 hail, 116 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 11 states.
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On August 11, 2002, 176 hail, 116 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 3.50″ (teacup size) in Wichita County, KS.
Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.
Storm reports by state
| State | Hail | Wind | Tornado | Largest hail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 36 | 30 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| KS | 44 | 14 | 3 | 3.50″ |
| MN | 16 | 28 | 3 | 1.75″ |
| NE | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2.75″ |
| WI | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2.00″ |
| ND | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1.75″ |
| IA | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0.88″ |
| OH | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.75″ |
| IN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.75″ |
| KY | 0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| OK | 0 | 2 | 0 | – |
Cities with hail reported within 5 miles
| City | Population | Largest report |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Plains, WI | 4,180 | 2.00″ |
| Scott City, KS | 3,929 | 1.75″ |
| Dodge City, KS | 27,663 | 1.50″ |
| St. Marys, OH | 8,376 | 1.50″ |
| Omaha, NE | 489,265 | 1.00″ |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 209,289 | 1.00″ |
| Bellevue, NE | 64,777 | 1.00″ |
| Lebanon, OH | 21,995 | 1.00″ |
| Colby, KS | 5,539 | 1.00″ |
| Wamego, KS | 4,888 | 1.00″ |
| Carter Lake, IA | 3,752 | 1.00″ |
| Roseville, MN | 35,637 | 0.88″ |
| Fridley, MN | 30,679 | 0.88″ |
| Shoreview, MN | 26,939 | 0.88″ |
| New Brighton, MN | 22,374 | 0.88″ |
| Columbia Heights, MN | 22,358 | 0.88″ |
| Mounds View, MN | 12,841 | 0.88″ |
| St. Anthony, MN | 9,993 | 0.88″ |
| Arden Hills, MN | 9,490 | 0.88″ |
| Spring Lake Park, MN | 7,083 | 0.88″ |
| Lexington, MN | 3,062 | 0.88″ |
| Blaine, MN | 75,172 | 0.75″ |
| Brooklyn Center, MN | 31,755 | 0.75″ |
| Lino Lakes, MN | 22,774 | 0.75″ |
| Spencer, IA | 11,418 | 0.75″ |
Hail reports (176)
| Time (UTC) | Size | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 00:55 | 3.50″ | Wichita County, KS |
| 01:20 | 3.50″ | Logan County, KS |
| 00:32 | 3.00″ | Logan County, KS |
| 00:40 | 3.00″ | Wichita County, KS |
| 00:20 | 2.75″ | Thomas County, NE |
| 00:25 | 2.75″ | Blaine County, NE |
| 00:37 | 2.75″ | Blaine County, NE |
| 04:00 | 2.75″ | Blaine County, NE |
| 23:05 | 2.00″ | Dane County, WI |
| 00:35 | 2.00″ | Wichita County, KS |
| 01:15 | 2.00″ | Blaine County, NE |
| 20:52 | 1.75″ | Dewey County, SD |
| 21:20 | 1.75″ | Kanabec County, MN |
| 21:20 | 1.75″ | Kanabec County, MN |
| 21:22 | 1.75″ | Kanabec County, MN |
| 21:50 | 1.75″ | Darke County, OH |
| 22:00 | 1.75″ | Pine County, MN |
| 22:15 | 1.75″ | Benson County, ND |
| 22:30 | 1.75″ | Ramsey County, ND |
| 22:55 | 1.75″ | Hughes County, SD |
| 23:25 | 1.75″ | Thomas County, NE |
| 00:35 | 1.75″ | Lyman County, SD |
| 00:40 | 1.75″ | Wichita County, KS |
| 00:50 | 1.75″ | Blaine County, NE |
| 00:54 | 1.75″ | Logan County, KS |
| 01:09 | 1.75″ | Blaine County, NE |
| 01:15 | 1.75″ | Lyman County, SD |
| 01:35 | 1.75″ | Valley County, NE |
| 02:00 | 1.75″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 02:40 | 1.75″ | Logan County, KS |
| 03:35 | 1.75″ | Scott County, KS |
| 06:03 | 1.75″ | Kiowa County, KS |
| 07:00 | 1.75″ | Howard County, NE |
| 21:15 | 1.50″ | Sauk County, WI |
| 21:23 | 1.50″ | Auglaize County, OH |
| 03:55 | 1.50″ | Ford County, KS |
| 22:55 | 1.25″ | Nelson County, ND |
| 23:05 | 1.25″ | Ramsey County, ND |
| 02:55 | 1.25″ | Brown County, NE |
| 03:45 | 1.25″ | Scott County, KS |
| 14:15 | 1.00″ | Rock County, NE |
| 19:20 | 1.00″ | Washburn County, WI |
| 20:12 | 1.00″ | Pine County, MN |
| 20:20 | 1.00″ | Sioux County, ND |
| 20:25 | 1.00″ | Cass County, MN |
| 20:30 | 1.00″ | Corson County, SD |
| 20:40 | 1.00″ | Ziebach County, SD |
| 20:44 | 1.00″ | Stutsman County, ND |
| 20:45 | 1.00″ | Warren County, OH |
| 21:10 | 1.00″ | Dewey County, SD |
| 21:20 | 1.00″ | Stutsman County, ND |
| 21:30 | 1.00″ | Thomas County, NE |
| 21:40 | 1.00″ | Ziebach County, SD |
| 21:40 | 1.00″ | Barron County, WI |
| 22:10 | 1.00″ | Eddy County, ND |
| 22:25 | 1.00″ | Menominee County, WI |
| 22:53 | 1.00″ | Sully County, SD |
| 23:00 | 1.00″ | Pottawatomie County, KS |
| 23:10 | 1.00″ | Walsh County, ND |
| 23:20 | 1.00″ | Pottawatomie County, KS |
| 00:10 | 1.00″ | Thomas County, KS |
| 00:18 | 1.00″ | Thomas County, KS |
| 00:30 | 1.00″ | Wichita County, KS |
| 00:30 | 1.00″ | Hyde County, SD |
| 00:39 | 1.00″ | Thomas County, KS |
| 01:10 | 1.00″ | Lyman County, SD |
| 01:25 | 1.00″ | Hand County, SD |
| 01:25 | 1.00″ | Buffalo County, SD |
| 01:33 | 1.00″ | Logan County, KS |
| 01:45 | 1.00″ | Blaine County, NE |
| 01:46 | 1.00″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 02:23 | 1.00″ | Day County, SD |
| 03:16 | 1.00″ | Phillips County, KS |
| 03:30 | 1.00″ | Hutchinson County, SD |
| 03:46 | 1.00″ | Hodgeman County, KS |
| 04:30 | 1.00″ | Stevens County, MN |
| 04:50 | 1.00″ | Ford County, KS |
| 05:48 | 1.00″ | Minnehaha County, SD |
| 07:58 | 1.00″ | Douglas County, NE |
| 08:34 | 1.00″ | Sarpy County, NE |
| 11:35 | 1.00″ | Ellsworth County, KS |
| 20:23 | 0.88″ | Ziebach County, SD |
| 21:25 | 0.88″ | Logan County, ND |
| 22:49 | 0.88″ | Thomas County, NE |
| 23:05 | 0.88″ | Oconto County, WI |
| 23:35 | 0.88″ | Clayton County, IA |
| 00:35 | 0.88″ | Crawford County, WI |
| 00:40 | 0.88″ | Hand County, SD |
| 00:50 | 0.88″ | Hand County, SD |
| 01:00 | 0.88″ | Tripp County, SD |
| 01:05 | 0.88″ | Custer County, NE |
| 01:30 | 0.88″ | Custer County, NE |
| 01:30 | 0.88″ | Jerauld County, SD |
| 01:55 | 0.88″ | Custer County, NE |
| 02:20 | 0.88″ | Valley County, NE |
| 02:45 | 0.88″ | Otter Tail County, MN |
| 03:15 | 0.88″ | Rock County, NE |
| 05:02 | 0.88″ | Douglas County, MN |
| 07:00 | 0.88″ | Sioux County, IA |
| 07:15 | 0.88″ | Ramsey County, MN |
| 14:30 | 0.75″ | Rock County, NE |
| 15:50 | 0.75″ | Keya Paha County, NE |
| 16:05 | 0.75″ | Boyd County, NE |
| 19:34 | 0.75″ | Harrison County, IN |
| 20:55 | 0.75″ | Iowa County, IA |
| 21:10 | 0.75″ | Highland County, OH |
| 21:26 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, WI |
| 21:40 | 0.75″ | Sauk County, WI |
| 21:55 | 0.75″ | Barron County, WI |
| 22:05 | 0.75″ | Dane County, WI |
| 22:30 | 0.75″ | Ramsey County, ND |
| 22:30 | 0.75″ | Nelson County, ND |
| 22:35 | 0.75″ | Ramsey County, ND |
| 22:40 | 0.75″ | Stutsman County, ND |
| 23:10 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, WI |
| 23:50 | 0.75″ | Loup County, NE |
| 23:55 | 0.75″ | Wichita County, KS |
| 00:00 | 0.75″ | Thomas County, NE |
| 00:05 | 0.75″ | Rusk County, WI |
| 00:10 | 0.75″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 00:10 | 0.75″ | Hyde County, SD |
| 00:10 | 0.75″ | Chippewa County, WI |
| 00:11 | 0.75″ | Thomas County, KS |
| 00:30 | 0.75″ | Hitchcock County, NE |
| 00:43 | 0.75″ | Hitchcock County, NE |
| 00:44 | 0.75″ | Thomas County, KS |
| 00:50 | 0.75″ | Thomas County, KS |
| 00:59 | 0.75″ | Hitchcock County, NE |
| 01:25 | 0.75″ | Hand County, SD |
| 01:29 | 0.75″ | Furnas County, NE |
| 01:30 | 0.75″ | Spink County, SD |
| 01:35 | 0.75″ | Outagamie County, WI |
| 01:41 | 0.75″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 01:47 | 0.75″ | Rawlins County, KS |
| 01:48 | 0.75″ | Furnas County, NE |
| 01:53 | 0.75″ | Buffalo County, SD |
| 02:05 | 0.75″ | Brule County, SD |
| 02:20 | 0.75″ | Gove County, KS |
| 02:20 | 0.75″ | Custer County, NE |
| 02:30 | 0.75″ | Becker County, MN |
| 02:30 | 0.75″ | Sanborn County, SD |
| 02:35 | 0.75″ | Gove County, KS |
| 02:41 | 0.75″ | Valley County, NE |
| 02:50 | 0.75″ | Keya Paha County, NE |
| 03:00 | 0.75″ | Grant County, SD |
| 03:05 | 0.75″ | Douglas County, SD |
| 03:20 | 0.75″ | Davison County, SD |
| 03:27 | 0.75″ | Scott County, KS |
| 03:30 | 0.75″ | Brown County, NE |
| 03:50 | 0.75″ | Smith County, KS |
| 04:05 | 0.75″ | Lyon County, IA |
| 04:12 | 0.75″ | Russell County, KS |
| 04:20 | 0.75″ | Minnehaha County, SD |
| 04:25 | 0.75″ | Ford County, KS |
| 04:35 | 0.75″ | Russell County, KS |
| 04:45 | 0.75″ | Grant County, MN |
| 04:50 | 0.75″ | Lincoln County, SD |
| 04:55 | 0.75″ | Yellow Medicine County, MN |
| 04:58 | 0.75″ | Barton County, KS |
| 05:30 | 0.75″ | Kiowa County, KS |
| 05:35 | 0.75″ | Dickinson County, IA |
| 05:42 | 0.75″ | Minnehaha County, SD |
| 05:45 | 0.75″ | Minnehaha County, SD |
| 05:45 | 0.75″ | Clay County, IA |
| 05:50 | 0.75″ | Minnehaha County, SD |
| 06:00 | 0.75″ | Clay County, SD |
| 06:07 | 0.75″ | Kiowa County, KS |
| 06:12 | 0.75″ | Rock County, MN |
| 06:22 | 0.75″ | Ford County, KS |
| 06:24 | 0.75″ | Greeley County, KS |
| 06:43 | 0.75″ | Lyon County, IA |
| 07:09 | 0.75″ | Anoka County, MN |
| 07:25 | 0.75″ | Anoka County, MN |
| 07:25 | 0.75″ | O'Brien County, IA |
| 07:30 | 0.75″ | Sioux County, IA |
| 07:46 | 0.75″ | Douglas County, NE |
Damage, injuries and deaths
National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.1 million in property damage and $667,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (300 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.
| County | Events | Injuries | Deaths | Property damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stutsman County, ND | 1 | 0 | 0 | $650,000 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | 1 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Dane County, WI | 2 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| Blaine County, NE | 7 | 0 | 0 | $88,000 |
| Smith County, KS | 1 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Watonwan County, MN | 1 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Harlan County, NE | 1 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Stearns County, MN | 1 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Isanti County, MN | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Garfield County, NE | 1 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Sherburne County, MN | 2 | 0 | 0 | $32,000 |
| Davison County, SD | 1 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
What the National Weather Service wrote
- Minnehaha County, SD (near (Fsd)Joe Foss Fld Si) · Thunderstorm wind 77 mph · $500,000
“Thunderstorm winds flipped two airplanes, destroying one and causing fuel spills. The winds also tore part of a wall from an aircraft maintenance building. The winds caused tree damage, including large trees blown down, one of which severely damaged the roof of a house.” - Watonwan County, MN (near St James) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $75,000
“Garage complex at apartment building partially collapsed; four cars damaged. Roof came off a home that was under construction. Numerous trees down.” - Stearns County, MN (near St Joseph) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $60,000
“Steel barn blown apart; some metal found 1/2 mile away.” - Garfield County, NE (near Burwell) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $40,000
“Numerous power poles and large trees were broken off. One tree fell on a carport damaging a pickup truck.” - Davison County, SD (near (Mhe)Mitchell Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 67 mph · $30,000
“Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several large branches blown down. One branch damaged a pickup truck when it fell. The winds also blew down power lines, resulting in power outages.” - Sherburne County, MN (near Elk River) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $25,000
“Roof partially removed from apartment building.”
Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.
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