High Wind, South Beltrami
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- South Beltrami forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 47.974, -94.938 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and High Wind in Minnesota, September 1, 1997
3 high wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:19 UTC.
Event by event
3 high wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, South Clearwater
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- South Clearwater forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, East Polk
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- East Polk forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A gusty wind downed trees and overturned boats and docks. The AWOS site at Fosston reported a gust to 51 knots. Power lines were knocked down in Blackduck, leaving 3,000 customers without power.
Hail, Becker
- When
- September 1, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Becker County, 2 mi NW of Lake Park
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -96.130
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- 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 Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, 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: 5618076, 5618077, 5618078, 5618075.