Hail, Polk
- When
- June 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 1 mi E of Euclid
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -96.620
Drifts of hail were reported.
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1997
3 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Polk
- When
- June 19, 4:39 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 1 mi W of Euclid
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -96.650
Tornado, Polk
- When
- June 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 5 mi NE of East Grand Forks
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.980, -96.930
Brief touchdown in a field.
Hail, Polk
- When
- June 19, 6:53 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 4 mi SE of Harold
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.670, -96.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- June 19, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 7 mi SW of Battle Lake
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.220, -95.820
High wind downed tree limbs and tossed boats around.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 19 to 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 19, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 19, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 19 to 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 19, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1997Warnings in Minnesota, June 1997
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: 5591923, 5591924, 5591920, 5591921, 5591922.