Hail, Mower
- When
- May 31, 8:29 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Lyle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -92.967
Hail in Minnesota, May 31, 2000
Dime to quarter size hail was reported by spotters, law enforcement officials and KAAL-TV in Austin.
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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- 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.
Dime to quarter size hail was reported by spotters, law enforcement officials and KAAL-TV in Austin.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mower
- When
- May 31, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Grand Meadow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -92.583
Hail, Mower
- When
- May 31, 10:34 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Austin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.667, -92.933
Hail, Mower
- When
- May 31, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Adams
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 43.567, -92.733
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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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 31, 2000
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 31, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, May 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 31, 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: 5142451, 5142452, 5142450, 5142453.