Minnesota, 2001

Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 23, 2001

July 23, 2001 · NWS MPX · 17 events in 12 counties and zones

15 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
$195,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
17

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, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 6:45 PM CST, 6 hours 25 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:03 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1003 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

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

0930 PM    MARIETTA                  MN   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/01   LAC QUI PARLE                  REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. TREES DOWN.

0956 PM    10 SE MILAN               MN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   CHIPPEWA                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Swift

When
July 23, 1:10 AM CST
Where
Swift County, Appleton
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.200, -96.017

Few trees toppled.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stevens

When
July 23, 1:15 AM CST
Where
Stevens County, Alberta
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.567, -96.033

Grain bin dented, roof off pole barn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stevens

When
July 23, 1:16 AM CST
Where
Stevens County, Morris Arpt
Measured
62 kt (71 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
45.567, -95.983

Thunderstorm Wind, Swift

When
July 23, 1:40 AM CST to 1:55 AM CST
Where
Swift County, 3 mi NW of Murdock
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.267, -95.450

Numerous trees down along a 12 mile long swath.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pope

When
July 23, 1:40 AM CST to 1:50 AM CST
Where
Pope County, Starbuck
Measured
65 kt (75 mph)
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.617, -95.517

Hundreds of trees down, some on houses, businesses and vehicles. Numerous docks and boats flipped along Lake Minnewaska in Starbuck.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi

When
July 23, 2:10 AM CST to 2:25 AM CST
Where
Kandiyohi County, 4 mi N of Willmar
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
45.183, -95.050

Scattered trees down in a swath that extended to Atwater. Church under construction in Spicer blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns

When
July 23, 3:20 AM CST
Where
Stearns County, St Agusta
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.483, -94.150

Numerous trees down over 12 square blocks of St. Augusta. Some fell on houses and vehicles. A plywood sheet was blown through a window.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns

When
July 23, 3:30 AM CST
Where
Stearns County, St Cloud
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
45.567, -94.167

Measured at St. Cloud University. Six inch diameter tree toppled onto a spotter's car.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sherburne

When
July 23, 3:40 AM CST
Where
Sherburne County, 6 mi NE of Clear Lake
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
45.517, -93.917

Numerous trees down, boats and docks flipped along Briggs Lake. Some trees came down on homes and vehicles.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sherburne

When
July 23, 3:55 AM CST
Where
Sherburne County, Becker
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
45.417, -93.900

Scattered trees down, some on cars. Roof was peeled off a pole barn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mille Lacs

When
July 23, 4:00 AM CST to 4:10 AM CST
Where
Mille Lacs County, 4 mi W of Princeton
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.567, -93.683

Numerous trees down, some on homes and vehicles, in a swath that continued into Isanti County, from 12W to 2 SW Cambridge.

Thunderstorm Wind, Isanti

When
July 23, 4:10 AM CST to 4:20 AM CST
Where
Isanti County, 12 mi W of Cambridge
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.583, -93.483

The swath of damaging wind that started 4 W Princeton in Mille Lacs County at 0400 persisted to just southwest of Cambridge. Numerous trees were felled.

Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka

When
July 23, 4:30 AM CST
Where
Anoka County, Coon Rapids
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
45.167, -93.317

Few trees down.

Hail, Anoka

When
July 23, 4:30 AM CST
Where
Anoka County, Coon Rapids
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.167, -93.317

Hail, Nicollet

When
July 23, 4:55 AM CST
Where
Nicollet County, Nicollet
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.283, -94.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Le Sueur

When
July 23, 5:10 AM CST
Where
Le Sueur County, 4 mi SE of Kasota
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
44.267, -93.917

Few trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Blue Earth

When
July 23, 5:10 AM CST
Where
Blue Earth County, 4 mi NW of Madison Lake
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
44.233, -93.867

Several trees toppled on south side of Lake Washington.

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.

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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: 5262026, 5262109, 5262110, 5262111, 5262113, 5262112, 5262115, 5262114, 5262118, 5262119, 5262116, 5262117, 5262120, 5262121, 5262122, 5262123, 5262124.