Hail, Grant
- When
- August 2, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, 6 mi N of Elbow Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.080, -95.980
Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Grant
- When
- August 2, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, 7 mi E of Elbow Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -95.830
Hail, Grant
- When
- August 2, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Barrett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -95.900
Hail, Grant
- When
- August 2, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, 2 mi E of Elbow Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -95.930
Hail, Grant
- When
- August 2, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Hoffman
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- August 2, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Hoffman
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -95.800
Wind blew down large trees and power poles in Hoffman and folded back the roof on a farm building.
Hail, Clay
- When
- August 2, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Hawley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -96.320
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 2 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, August 2 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 2, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 2 to 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 2, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 2, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, August 2, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, August 2, 1997
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5616059, 5616131, 5616132, 5616133, 5616134, 5616135, 5616136.