Hail, Polk
- When
- August 31, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 1 mi N of Beltrami
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.570, -96.530
Hail in Minnesota, August 31, 1998
9 hail, 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
- 9
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Polk
- When
- August 31, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Mc Intosh
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.630, -95.900
Hail, Kittson
- When
- August 31, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kittson County, St Vincent
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.970, -97.220
Hail, Mahnomen
- When
- August 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mahnomen County, Naytahwaush
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.270, -95.630
Hail, Kittson
- When
- August 31, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Kittson County, Hallock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.780, -96.930
Hail, Kittson
- When
- August 31, 5:05 PM CST to 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kittson County, Kennedy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.650, -96.920
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 31, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Stephen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.450, -96.870
Hail, Red Lake
- When
- August 31, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake County, Plummer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -96.050
Hail, Polk
- When
- August 31, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Mc Intosh
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.630, -95.900
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
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- Drought in Maryland, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 31, 1998
- Drought in Delaware, August 31, 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: 5665301, 5665302, 5665303, 5665304, 5665305, 5665306, 5665307, 5665308, 5665309.