Hail, Todd
- When
- August 23, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County, 5 mi NW of Clotho
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -95.100
Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
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Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Douglas
- When
- August 23, 8:50 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, 3 mi N of Osakis
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -95.170
Hail piled up in small drifts. Gardens and crops damaged by wind driven hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- August 23, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County, 7 mi W of Gutches Grove
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.950, -95.120
Large branches down on east side of Lake Osakis. Estimated windspeed.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 23, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, August 23, 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: 5614614, 5614615, 5614616.