Hail, Martin
- When
- October 14, 12:19 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County, 1 mi W of Welcome
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -94.650
Hail in Minnesota, October 14, 1998
10 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
- 10
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), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brown
- When
- October 14, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Comfrey
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -94.900
Hail, Martin
- When
- October 14, 1:47 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County, Welcome
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -94.630
Hail, Brown
- When
- October 14, 2:06 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 7 mi N of Sleepy Eye
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -94.730
Hail, Nicollet
- When
- October 14, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, 9 mi NW of St George
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -94.670
Hail, Sibley
- When
- October 14, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County, 3 mi W of Gibbon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -94.580
Hail, McLeod
- When
- October 14, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County, 6 mi S of Stewart
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -94.480
Hail, Martin
- When
- October 14, 2:16 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County, Welcome
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -94.630
Hail, Renville
- When
- October 14, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 5 mi N of Fairfax
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -94.720
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- October 14, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County, 2 mi E of Butterfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -94.600
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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- Flood in Puerto Rico, October 14, 1998
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- Hail in Minnesota, October 14, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, October 14, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, October 14, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, October 14, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5667978, 5667979, 5667980, 5667981, 5667982, 5667983, 5667984, 5667985, 5667986, 5667987.