Hail, Clay
- When
- July 3, 7:47 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 3 mi S of Georgetown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.030, -96.820
Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 3, 1999
6 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
- 7
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), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:49 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clay
- When
- July 3, 7:51 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Georgetown
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 47.080, -96.820
Hail, Clay
- When
- July 3, 7:56 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 7 mi NE of Dilworth
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -96.600
Hail, Clay
- When
- July 3, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 2 mi E of Averill
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.970, -96.500
The hail caused quite a bit of damage to cars and homes.
Hail, Clay
- When
- July 3, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Hitterdal
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.970, -96.270
Hail, Becker
- When
- July 3, 8:27 AM CST
- Where
- Becker County, 1 mi N of Lake Park
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 46.900, -96.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Mahnomen
- When
- July 3, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Mahnomen County, 5 mi SE of Mahnomen
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.270, -95.900
Large tree limbs were blown down.
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.
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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: 5709458, 5708707, 5708708, 5708709, 5708710, 5708711, 5708712.