Minnesota, 2001

Hail in Minnesota, May 9, 2001

May 9, 2001 · NWS DLH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
230 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

MAIN ISSUE FOR THIS FCST CYCLE IS PSBLTY OF TSTMS IN 1ST PD AND
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL BE SEVERE. SFC DEW PTS ACRS CWA INCRSG
SOMEWHAT...XCPT FOR ARROWHEAD...AND WHAT MID LVL MSTR THERE IS IS
MAINLY S OF CWA JUST S OF BROAD 300 MB JET. ON THE WHOLE...MSTR WILL
REMAIN SCARCE WITH GLF MEX CLOSED OFF. SLY 850 MB WINDS MODERATELY
STG...BUT AGN RELATIVELY DRY. 850 MB RH INCREASES TO 80 PCT BY 00Z
DUE MAINLY TO UVV. MAIN DIFF BTWN MODELS IS THAT MAX INSTABILITY
FIELDS EXTEND FARTHER N ON AVN THAN ON ETA. FAVORING ETA IN
THIS...WITH MOST SVR TSTM ACTVTY REMAINING S OF OUR CWA CLOSER TO
HIGHER SFC DPTS AND GREATER UVV...WITH SFC BNDRY ACTING AS THE
TRIGGER LATE THIS AFTN AND EVE. SEE LATEST SWODY1 FOR DETAILS. ISOLD
SVR TSTMS STILL A PSBLTY HWVR...ESPCLY ACRS SRN TIER OF ZONES...AND
WILL NOTE THIS IN NEW ZONE SET. WOULD XPCT SOME TSTMS OR SHRA
LINGERING INTO THU MRNG WITH CFNT PASSING DLH ARND 12Z...THEN DECRSG
CLDS. NOT A LOT OF DIFF IN MOS LOWS FOR TNGT...BUT LRG SPREAD FOR
THU/S HIGHS...DUE MAINLY TO DIFFERENCES IN CLD FCST BTWN NGM AND
AVN. WITH CLDS HANGING IN AT LEAST THRU THE MRNG HRS AND MODERATE
CAA MOST OF THU...WILL FAVOR COOLER MAV...BUT NOT AS COOL AS FAN.

.DLH...NONE.

ERF

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pine

When
May 9, 7:25 PM CST
Where
Pine County, Cloverdale
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
46.017, -92.733

What these are

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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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: 5246800.