Minnesota, 2001

Hail in Minnesota, August 26, 2001

August 26, 2001 · NWS MPX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 2:00 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:00 PM CST, 6 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

COMPLEX OF SHWRS/TSTMS CONTS TO WKN AS IT MVS INTO MR STBL AMS IN WC
WI. SKIES HV CLRD ACRS W CWA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF DKTS AHD OF SFC
FNT WHICH HAS JUST PASSED ABR. SFC TMPS HV WRMD INTO THE LOWER 90S
IN E SODAK WITH LIS FM MSAS NOW NEARING B10.  NICE AREA OF CONVG
ALNG WRMFNT FM NR ABR INTO EXT WC/SW MN LKS LIKE GUD LOCATION FOR
NEW DVLPMT WITH UPR TROF NEARING.  FVBL ISENTROPIC OMEGA PUSHES INTO
E CWA THIS EVE WHICH SHOULD HELP CARRY TSTMS THRU AREA.  CONVECTION
SHUD BE LIMITED TO EVE HRS IN W CWA...BUT WILL KEEP CHCS THRU NITE
IN WI PTN.

NICE FRESH PUSH OF DRIER CNDN AIR TO SWEEP THRU AREA IN WAKE OF
CDFNT WITH DWPTS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 40S AND 50S.  ENUF WND
UPSTAIRS TO MIX DOWN FOR 10 TO 20 MPH ACRS CWA ON MONDAY.  AMS SHUD
DRY ENUF TO SUPPORT ONLY SCT CU EVEN WITH PUSH OF CAA.

WX LKS GREAT THRU TUES WITH RIDGE PARKED OVER AREA.  NXT SHRTWV
STILL ON SCHD FOR PCPN CHCS WED AND INTO E PTNS AREA INTO THURS.
ADJUSTED EFP ACCORDINGLY.

.MSP...NONE.
PAULSON

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sherburne

When
August 26, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Sherburne County, 5 mi N of Clear Lake
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.517, -94.000

Hail, Anoka

When
August 26, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Anoka County, St Francis
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.400, -93.367

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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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: 5267408, 5267409.