Hail, Fillmore
- When
- June 8, 11:39 AM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, 1 mi W of Chatfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -92.200
Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
Hail up to an inch in diameter was reported by spotters and law enforcement officials.
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
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Hail up to an inch in diameter was reported by spotters and law enforcement officials.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:40 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fillmore
- When
- June 8, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Preston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -92.080
Hail, Fillmore
- When
- June 8, 12:03 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Peterson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -91.830
Hail, Houston
- When
- June 8, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Caledonia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -91.500
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Florida, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8 to 18, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, June 8, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, June 8, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 8, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 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: 5703261, 5703264, 5703262, 5703263.