Hail, Polk
- When
- July 22, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Climax
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.620, -96.830
Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 22, 1999
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $500
- 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), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:15 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 22, 8:32 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 4 mi E of Gentilly
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.800, -96.370
Trees were damaged by the wind.
Hail, Red Lake
- When
- July 22, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake County, Red Lake Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.880, -96.270
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
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 22 to 23, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, July 22, 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: 5709259, 5709260, 5709258.