Hail in Minnesota, August 26, 2001

Name: Hail in Minnesota, August 26, 2001
Start: 2001-08-26T08:55
End: 2001-08-26T18:00
Location: Minnesota

August 26, 2001 · NWS FGF · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 7:35 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 7:35 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
835 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

...FORECAST PROBLEM IS ONGOING TSTMS AND FLOODING POTENTIAL...

DEW POINT GRADIENT REMAINS SET UP ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ND INTO
WESTERN MN WITH ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO TRACK EASTWARD
NORTH OF THIS SFC MOISTURE BOUNDARY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME SURFACE BASED AS THE DAY CONTINUES. TRAINING STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER GROUND THAT HAS BECOME SATURATED OVER
THE LAST TWO NIGHTS. THUS...WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS
AREA AND ADJACENT AREAS INTO MN WHERE TSTMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL ATTM.

WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN WORDING FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN OTHER ZONE GROUPS
TO THE NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA.

.FGF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ND
       AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MN INCLUDING
       NDZ024-028>030-038-039-049-052-053 AND
       MNZ002-003-027>032-040

BRAMER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:50 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-261345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
650 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...

SYNOPSIS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...CURRENTLY CENTERED BETWEEN
BISMARCK AND MOBRIDGE...WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...
PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME OF WHICH
COULD BE SEVERE.

AREA OF CONCERN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY EAST OF A
HALLOCK TO GRAND FORKS TO ECKELSON LINE.

TIME...PRIMARILY IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. THEN...SLOWLY
SHIFT INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON.

TYPE OF HAZARD...THE MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE.

NG

Local storm report, Aug 26, 8:17 AM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
917 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0510 AM    9 SW SANBORN              ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01   BARNES

0645 AM    8 S VALLEY CITY           ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01   BARNES

0700 AM    ANSELM                    ND   WIND DAMAGE
08/26/01   RANSOM                         LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

0715 AM    5 N ORISKA                ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01   BARNES

0810 AM    5 NE HOPE                 ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01   STEELE

0845 AM    5 W WYNDMERE              ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01   RICHLAND

0905 AM    BARNEY                    ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/01   RICHLAND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:55 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wilkin

When: August 26, 8:55 AM CST
Where: Wilkin County, 1 mi SE of Kent
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.417, -96.667

Hail, Marshall

When: August 26, 4:08 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, Newfolden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.367, -96.333

Hail, Marshall

When: August 26, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, 2 mi SW of Newfolden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.350, -96.367

Hail, Pennington

When: August 26, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Pennington County, 4 mi NW of Thief River Falls
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.167, -96.250

Hail, Red Lake

When: August 26, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Red Lake County, 4 mi SW of Plummer
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.883, -96.117

Hail, Red Lake

When: August 26, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Red Lake County, 3 mi W of Brooks
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.817, -96.067

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

Every storm in Minnesota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, August 2001

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: 5265342, 5265343, 5265344, 5265345, 5265346, 5265347.