Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 21, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, 1 mi NE of Plainview
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.183, -92.150
Hail in Minnesota, May 21, 2000
Hail the size of nickels and quarters was reported by 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 the size of nickels and quarters was reported by law enforcement officials.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:09 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Winona
- When
- May 21, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 2 mi NW of Beaver
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.167, -92.067
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
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 21, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, May 21, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Waterspout in Florida, May 21 to 22, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 21, 2000
- Heat in California, May 21 to 23, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 21, 2000
- Heat in California, May 21 to 23, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, May 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, May 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: 5142911, 5142912.