Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Cummingsville
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.883, -92.267
Hail in Minnesota, September 10, 2000
Spotters and law enforcement officials reported hail the size of ping-pong balls, golf balls and even tennis balls. This resulted in damage to numerous vehicles and hundreds of acres of corn and soybeans.
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
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $245,000
- Events
- 18
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 ping-pong balls, golf balls and even tennis balls. This resulted in damage to numerous vehicles and hundreds of acres of corn and soybeans.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
18 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Cummingsville
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.883, -92.267
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:39 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 2 mi N of Chatfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.883, -92.183
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 2 mi N of Chatfield
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Crop damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.883, -92.183
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 1 mi S of Dover
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -92.150
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 1 mi S of Dover
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -92.150
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:52 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 1 mi S of Dover
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -92.150
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 1 mi N of Dover
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $22,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.983, -92.150
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, St Charles
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.967, -92.083
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Troy
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.867, -92.067
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 1 mi N of St Charles
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.983, -92.083
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- September 10, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Chatfield
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -92.183
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 8:27 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Altura
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.067, -91.933
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Utica
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.967, -91.967
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Lewiston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- $13,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.983, -91.883
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Lewiston
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.983, -91.883
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Lewiston
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.983, -91.883
Hail, Winona
- When
- September 10, 9:02 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Winona Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.083, -91.700
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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- Heat in Texas, September 10, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, September 10, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Michigan, September 10, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, September 10, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, September 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 10 to 11, 2000
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, September 10 to 11, 2000
- Wildfire in South Dakota, September 10 to 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 10, 2000
- Lightning Strike and Waterspout in Florida, September 10, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, September 10, 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: 5171738, 5171739, 5171740, 5171741, 5171742, 5171846, 5171743, 5171847, 5171744, 5171838, 5171839, 5171848, 5171840, 5171841, 5171842, 5171843, 5171844, 5171845.