Hail, Renville
- When
- April 12, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 7 mi S of Olivia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.680, -94.980
Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 12, 1998
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Renville
- When
- April 12, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 20 mi ENE of Olivia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -94.600
Swath of 3/4 to 11/4 inch hail swept from southwest to northeast across the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stevens
- When
- April 12, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County, 9 mi E of Donnelly
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.700, -95.830
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
- High Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 12 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, April 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, April 12 to 13, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 12 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, April 12, 1998
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: 5636410, 5636411, 5636409.