Hail, Winona
- When
- August 3, 4:13 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 5 mi S of Winona
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -91.650
Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
Widely scattered severe thunderstorms produced hail the size of golfballs, which damaged a car as well as some crops.
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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $130,000
- Events
- 4
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 ARX wrote it up.
Widely scattered severe thunderstorms produced hail the size of golfballs, which damaged a car as well as some crops.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Winona
- When
- August 3, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Winona
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Fillmore
- When
- August 3, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Lenora
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -91.900
Hail, Houston
- When
- August 3, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Freeburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -91.370
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
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- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 3, 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: 5609885, 5609884, 5609886, 5609887.