Hail, Wabasha
- When
- June 5, 12:08 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, Wabasha
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -92.030
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 5, 1997
Hail up to the size of golf balls occurred with scattered severe thunderstorms across southeast Minnesota. Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field near Utica.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 18
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.
Hail up to the size of golf balls occurred with scattered severe thunderstorms across southeast Minnesota. Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field near Utica.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:05 UTC.
Event by event
15 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- June 5, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, 1 mi SE of Wabasha
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -92.020
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- June 5, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, Millville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.250, -92.300
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- June 5, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, Elgin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.130, -92.250
Hail, Winona
- When
- June 5, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Winona
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 1:01 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Eyota
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -92.230
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 1:07 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 2 mi E of Eyota
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -92.200
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 5, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Pleasant Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -92.380
Hail, Fillmore
- When
- June 5, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Spring Valley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -92.400
Hail, Winona
- When
- June 5, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Nodine
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -91.450
Hail, Houston
- When
- June 5, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Houston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -91.570
Hail, Winona
- When
- June 5, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Rollingstone
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -91.820
Hail, Winona
- When
- June 5, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Winona Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -91.700
Funnel Cloud, Winona
- When
- June 5, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Altura
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Winona
- When
- June 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Stockton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -91.770
Hail, Winona
- When
- June 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Utica
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -91.970
Tornado, Winona
- When
- June 5, 4:07 PM CST to 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Utica to 1 mi NW of Utica
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -91.950
Funnel Cloud, Winona
- When
- June 5, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Utica
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 5, 1997
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- Hail in Wisconsin, June 5, 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: 5602059, 5602060, 5602061, 5602062, 5602063, 5602064, 5602124, 5602130, 5602125, 5602131, 5602132, 5602126, 5602127, 5602133, 5602128, 5602129, 5602135, 5602134.