Hail, Pine
- When
- September 1, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County, Sandstone
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -92.870
Hail in Minnesota, September 1, 1997
Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter was also reported in nearby Hinckley about the same time.
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
- 1
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 DLH wrote it up.
Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter was also reported in nearby Hinckley about the same time.
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Georgia, September 1 to 22, 1997
- Drought in Virginia, September 1 to 30, 1997
- Drought in Georgia, September 1 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Texas, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, September 1 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 1, 1997
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 1 to 11, 1997
- Hail and High Wind in Minnesota, September 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, September 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: 5613773.