Minnesota, 2001Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 · NWS MPX · 20 events in 12 counties and zones
14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $526,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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 Jun 18, 2:25 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:25 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
325 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2001
NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISCUSSION. A COUPLE OF CONCERNS..FIRST IS SD
CONNECTIVE COMPLEX. SEEMS TO BE HOLDING TOGETHER BUT NOT INCREASING.
IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER...IT WILL OBVIOUSLY MOVE ACROSS S MN. THERE IS
SOME HINT THAT CAP COULD BUILD IN...AND COMPLEX OVER CENTRAL MN
WOULD BE THE ONE TO MOVE ON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND INTO WI. WILL
TRY TO ACCOUNT FOR BOTH SCENARIOS IN FORECAST. TEMPOS WILL GO HIGHER
THAN GUID IN S IF SD COMPLEX WEAKENS AND CAP WORKS IN. LOOKS LIKE
AVN HAS BEEN BETTER WITH SYSTEM AS A WHOLE LAST FEW RUNS. LOOKS LIKE
THETA E RIDGE WILL SET UP ACROSS EASTERN MN AND INTO WI FOR ANOTHER
CHC OF SVR AHEAD OF FNT. CAP FCST TO BREAK QUICKLY LATE AFTERNOON.
WILL NOT CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL.
.MSP...NONE.
JPR
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- June 18, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Morrison County, 5 mi W of Lastrup
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -94.167
Trees toppled onto garage door, and knocking down TV antenna.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- June 18, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Morrison County, 1 mi N of Buckman
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 45.917, -94.100
Numerous trees uprooted. Garage flattened. Granary unroofed.
Hail, Benton
- When
- June 18, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Foley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.667, -93.933
Hail, Mille Lacs
- When
- June 18, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County, 7 mi N of Milaca
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.833, -93.633
Hail, Mille Lacs
- When
- June 18, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County, 10 mi N of Milaca
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.883, -93.633
Hail, Kanabec
- When
- June 18, 4:28 AM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County, 1 mi N of Ogilvie
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.850, -93.417
Hail broke all windows in home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Isanti
- When
- June 18, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Isanti County, 5 mi N of Dalbo
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.733, -93.417
Hail, Kanabec
- When
- June 18, 4:36 AM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County, Mora
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.883, -93.300
Hail, Isanti
- When
- June 18, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Isanti County, Cambridge
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.583, -93.233
Thunderstorm Wind, Isanti
- When
- June 18, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Isanti County, Braham
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 45.733, -93.167
Hail, Isanti
- When
- June 18, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Isanti County, Braham
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.733, -93.167
Numerous cars, windows, roofs and siding damaged.
Hail, Chisago
- When
- June 18, 5:05 AM CST to 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County, Rush City
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 45.700, -92.967
Ninety percent of homes in town received damage. Hundreds of broken windows. Siding, roofs and vehicles damaged by wind driven hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chisago
- When
- June 18, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County, 2 mi W of Rush City
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.700, -93.000
Roof ripped off pole barn. Siding torn from garage, and then blown onto truck. Trees toppled on to two pickup trucks.
Hail, Renville
- When
- June 18, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 2 mi S of Buffalo Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -94.617
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 18, 5:40 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Newport
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.867, -93.000
Hail, Sibley
- When
- June 18, 5:55 AM CST
- Where
- Sibley County, Gibbon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.533, -94.517
Hail, Sibley
- When
- June 18, 6:15 AM CST to 6:25 AM CST
- Where
- Sibley County, 1 mi N of Arlington
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.617, -94.083
Hail, Scott
- When
- June 18, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Savage
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 44.783, -93.333
Reported at Hwy. 13 and County Rd. 42.
Hail, Dakota
- When
- June 18, 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- Dakota County, Burnsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.317
Reported at Hwy. 13 and County Rd. 5.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- June 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stearns County, St Joseph
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.567, -94.333
Dozens of trees knocked over in a 6 square block area of town. Some trees on houses caused roof damage. Powerlines also down.
- 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.
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 18, 20012 deaths · 16 injured · $10 million · F3 · 1 event
- Heat in Missouri, June 18, 20011 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 18, 2001$5.5 million · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2001$6.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 2001$280,000 · F0 · 31 events
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 18, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 2001$200,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2001$279,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 18, 2001$150,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Michigan, June 18, 2001$100,000 · 62 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 2001$35,000 · 1.25 in hail · 24 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
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: 5254467, 5254468, 5254469, 5254470, 5254471, 5254472, 5254473, 5254474, 5254475, 5254476, 5254477, 5254478, 5254479, 5254480, 5254481, 5254482, 5254483, 5254484, 5254485, 5254486.