Minnesota, 2001

Hail in Minnesota, September 22, 2001

September 22, 2001 · NWS FSD · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 22, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

CDFNT MOVG INTO WRN CWA ATTM AND IS ON TRACK TO MOVE ACRS CWA
TONITE. TRW WAY AHEAD OF FNT OVR SW MN WHERE SLY LLJ IS IN PLACE.
FSD VAD WNDS SHOW WNDS ABV SFC ALREAD OUT OF THE W AND DRIER AIR
MOVG IN AS EVIDENT BY LOSS OF CU AT FSD. WUD EXPECT WLY FLOW ABV SFC
TO SPRD ACRS CWA THIS EVE AND WL STABILIZE AIRMASS ACRS ERN CWA. SO
BEST CHC FOR ANY TRW WL HAVE TO BE ERLY THIS EVE ACRS FAR ERN AND
SERN CWA FM SUX TO MWM. DOUBT IF STORMS WUD BECOME SVR. TO THE W OF
THIS AREA...ONYL A FEW SPRINKLES OR LGT RW- NR FNT BUT SHUD NOT POSE
MUCH OF A THREAT OVERNIGHT. SHUD SEE SOME CLRG ACRS CWA THIS
EVE...BUT H85 MOISTURE INCREASES DURING THE NIGHT AS STG CAA KICKS
IN. STRATUS ACRS ND SHUD SPRD SE ACRS CWA DURING THE NIGHT AND EXIT
SRN CWA SUN MORN. SFC GRAD WL TIGHTEN UP WITH THE CAA SO WUD EXPECT
WNDS TO PICK UP OUT OF NNW DURING THE NITE BEHIND FNT. CLOUD COVER
MAY PREVENT TEMPS FM FALLING AS LOW AND MAV GUID WITH FWC LOOKING
BETTER. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE ON SUN...TEMPS MAY STRUGGLE TO HIT 60
EVEN THOUGH GUD MIXING WL OCCUR AS H85 TEPS WL ONLY BE BETWEEN +2
AND +4 DEG.

LOOKS LIKE A GUD CHC OF FROST SUN NITE/MON MORN AND SFC HIGH BUILDS
ACRS CWA. VERY DRY AIR ALOFT SHUD ALLOW FOR GOOD RAD COOLING. WITH
DRY AIR OVR CWA MON AND TUES...SHUD SEE DECENT DIURNAL RANGE IN
TEMPS WITH LOWS IN THE 30S AND HIGHS IN THE 60S. AIRMASS DOESNT
CHANGE MUCH WED THRU SAT SO HIGHS SHUD BE JUST A TAD BELOW NORM.
WEAK S/W PROGGED BY MRF AND 12Z AVN TO SLIDE SEWD ACRS WRN CWA ON
THU. FOR NOW WL LEAVE DRY AS LOW LEVEL FLOW WL STILL BE DRY AND ELY
AND WAEK RIDGE AXIS OVR WRN SD WL MAKE IT HARD FOR PRECIP TO SPRD E.

.FSD...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 22, 12:40 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
140 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001

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

0108 PM    2 S JEFFERS               MN   65 MPH TSTM GUST
09/22/01   COTTONWOOD                     REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          STRONG WINDS WERE AHEAD
                                          OF THE RAINFALL.  SMALL
                                          LIMBS DOWN.

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:38 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lyon

When
September 22, 5:39 PM CST
Where
Lyon County, Marshall
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
44.450, -95.783

Hail, Lyon

When
September 22, 5:43 PM CST
Where
Lyon County, Marshall
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
44.450, -95.783

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: 5267879, 5267880.