Hail, Watonwan
- When
- May 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -94.630
Hail in Minnesota, May 16, 1977
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mower
- When
- May 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -92.820
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 16, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -92.270
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -92.030
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- May 16, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -94.420
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 16, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 16, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 16, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 16, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 16, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 16, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 16, 1977
- Hail in New Mexico, May 16, 1977
- Damaging Wind in California, May 16, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 16, 1977
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1977Every state in 1977This day in weather history
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: 10053434, 10053435, 10051876, 10051877, 10051878.