Hail in Minnesota, July 30, 1994

Name: Hail in Minnesota, July 30, 1994
Start: 1994-07-30T15:05
End: 1994-07-30T21:03
Location: Minnesota

July 30, 1994 · 9 events in 4 counties and zones

9 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $18,000
Crop damage: $2,000
Events: 9

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

9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Olmsted

When: July 30, 3:05 PM CST
Where: Olmsted County, Rochester
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ping-Pong ball-size hail pelted the Rochester Airport and caused damage to several vehicles.

Hail, Olmsted

When: July 30, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Olmsted County, Marion
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Quarter-size hail was reported in Marion causing ,minor crop damage.

Hail, Olmsted

When: July 30, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Olmsted County, High Forest
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Baseball-size hail pounded the town of High Forest.

Hail, Mower

When: July 30, 4:24 PM CST
Where: Mower County, Grand Meadow
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Fillmore

When: July 30, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Spring Valley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Mower

When: July 30, 4:34 PM CST
Where: Mower County, Austin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail pelted the Austin area and damaging some vehicles.

Hail, Mower

When: July 30, 4:35 PM CST
Where: Mower County, Austin
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail pelted the Austin area and damaging some vehicles.

Hail, Mower

When: July 30, 5:02 PM CST
Where: Mower County, Austin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Koochiching

When: July 30, 9:03 PM CST
Where: Koochiching County, International to Falls
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 48.245, -93.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Minnesota in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, July 1994

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: 10330826, 10330827, 10330828, 10330581, 10331231, 10330582, 10330583, 10330584, 10331336.