Hail, Polk
- When
- July 12, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 1 mi E of Sherack
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.020, -96.770
Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 1999
3 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
- 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 Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:24 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Polk
- When
- July 12, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 3 mi S of Angus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 48.030, -96.720
Hail, Polk
- When
- July 12, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 4 mi E of Euclid
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -96.550
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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- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 12, 1999
- Flood in California, July 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in California, July 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in California, July 12, 1999
- Hail in Montana, July 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 12, 1999
- Tornado in California, July 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 1999
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: 5708969, 5708968, 5708970.