Hail, Todd
- When
- August 3, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County, Staples
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.350, -94.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
4 hail, 4 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 192 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:33 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kanabec
- When
- August 3, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County, 6 mi W of Woodland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -93.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- August 3, 10:48 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County, Grey Eagle
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.820, -94.770
Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Sherburne
- When
- August 3, 11:25 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County, Elk River
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -93.580
Crops damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- August 3, 11:28 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County, Albertville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -93.670
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Wright
- When
- August 3, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County, St Michael
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -93.680
Three quarter inch hail also reported at Otsego.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- August 3, 11:31 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County, Monticello
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -93.820
Power line poles broken in half. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- August 3, 11:38 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County, 5 mi W of Rogers
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -93.670
Trees blown down. 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arizona, August 3 to 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, 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: 5618123, 5618124, 5618125, 5618130, 5618126, 5618127, 5618128, 5618129.