Hail, Red Lake
- When
- May 19, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake County, Plummer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -96.050
Hail in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
On May 19th and 21st atmospheric conditions became unstable as a result of very cold air aloft and diurnal heating. Although dew points were in the 30s and 40s, severe hail and wind gusts to 50 miles an hour were reported in thunderstorms over Northwest Minnesota.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
On May 19th and 21st atmospheric conditions became unstable as a result of very cold air aloft and diurnal heating. Although dew points were in the 30s and 40s, severe hail and wind gusts to 50 miles an hour were reported in thunderstorms over Northwest Minnesota. A few cold air funnels were reported as well.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5577681.