Minnesota, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 22, 2001

July 22, 2001 · NWS MPX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • 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
3

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 Jul 22, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
745 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

AREA OF TSTMS DVLPG ACRS ERN SD WILL LIKELY ORGANIZE INTO A STG/SVR
MCS AS IT MOVES ESE ACRS SRN MN THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF WEAK S/W
TROF INDICATED OVR SD IN WATER VAPOR/PROFILERS. EVENING RAOBS SHOW
STG INSTABILITY AT BOTH ABR/MPX...WITH OVR 4500 J/KG. MAIN THREAT WL
BE DAMAGING WIND WITH HIGH WBZ LIMITING HAIL. CURRENT FCST HAS THIS ]
TREND IN HAND...AND WILL ONLY UPDATE AS NEED TO DEAL WITH
WATCHES/CURRENT TRENDS THRU THE EVENING.

.MSP...NONE.
DAVIS

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 176 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:28 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle

When
July 22, 8:30 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
Where
Lac Qui Parle County, 2 mi S of Nassau
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
45.017, -95.783

Numerous trees down in a 5 mile wide swath that included the cities of Nassau and Marietta. Some trees toppled onto houses and vehicles.

Hail, Lac Qui Parle

When
July 22, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Lac Qui Parle County, 5 mi E of Nassau
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
45.033, -96.450

Wind driven hail dented siding on a few houses and chipped paint on several others.

Hail, Chippewa

When
July 22, 8:56 PM CST
Where
Chippewa County, 10 mi SE of Milan
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.067, -96.350

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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.

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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: 5262129, 5262197, 5262196.