Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 2 mi N of Perham
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.633, -95.567
Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 8, 2000
9 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:18 UTC.
Event by event
9 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 3 mi S of New York Mills
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.467, -95.383
The hailstones damaged the steel siding on a home and barn, smashed up 2 cars, and damaged a roof.
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 5 mi W of New York Mills
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.517, -95.483
Hail, Wadena
- When
- July 8, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena County, 3 mi N of Wadena
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -95.133
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 7 mi SW of New York Mills
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.450, -95.483
When the hail hit the Rush Lake area, lake residents reported that the lake looked like it was boiling.
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 8:20 PM CST to 8:26 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, Deer Creek
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -95.317
Tornado, Wadena
- When
- July 8, 8:20 PM CST to 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena County, Verndale
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -95.017
A tornado that formed near Verndale intensified as it reached the Aldrich area. A mobile home, garage, barn, and 3 vehicles were destroyed 3 miles east of Aldrich. Two people, inside the mobile home when the tornado hit, suffered cuts, bruises, and a sprained ankle. The couples' son, sitting inside a car parked outside the mobile home, also sustained cuts and bruises. A horse trailer was pushed into his car and then into some nearby trees. Quite a bit of tree damage occurred along the damage path. The tornado then passed out of Wadena county and into Todd county.
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, Deer Creek
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -95.317
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 2 mi S of Bluffton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.433, -95.233
Flash Flood, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 9:44 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 2 mi S of Bluffton
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.409, -95.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain washed out several roads and flooded a couple of basements.
Flash Flood, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, New York Mills
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.409, -95.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nearly four inches of rain fell across the New York Mills area, causing several streets to be barricaded.
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 8, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 3 mi S of Battle Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.233, -95.717
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Mississippi, July 8, 2000
- Heat in Arkansas, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 8, 2000
- Tornado and Flooding in Minnesota, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 2000Warnings in Minnesota, July 2000
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: 5165125, 5165210, 5165206, 5165205, 5165207, 5165208, 5165209, 5165126, 5165127, 5165128, 5165211, 5165124.