Hail, Mower
- When
- May 17, 9:42 AM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Austin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.667, -92.933
Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000
Spotters and law enforcement officials reported hail the size of quarters and golf balls.
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
- $127,000
- Crop damage
- $27,000
- Events
- 10
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.
Spotters and law enforcement officials reported hail the size of quarters and golf balls.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mower
- When
- May 17, 9:46 AM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Austin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.667, -92.933
Hail, Dodge
- When
- May 17, 10:17 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, 1 mi NE of Oslo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -92.733
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- May 17, 10:18 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 2 mi SW of Rock Dell
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -92.683
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- May 17, 10:24 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 2 mi NE of Rock Dell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.933, -92.617
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- May 17, 10:38 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Rochester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.033, -92.467
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- May 17, 10:39 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Rochester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.033, -92.467
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- May 17, 10:41 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Rochester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.033, -92.467
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 17, 11:16 AM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, 3 mi N of Plainview
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.217, -92.167
Hail, Winona
- When
- May 17, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Winona
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
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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- Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 17, 2000
More
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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: 5143703, 5142408, 5142793, 5142792, 5142794, 5142795, 5142791, 5142796, 5142797, 5142798.