Minnesota, 2003

Hail in Minnesota, April 15, 2003

April 15, 2003 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 1 county or zone

3 hail, 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 7:10 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 7:10 PM CST, 2 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
810 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2003

.CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL OVERVIEW...
01Z MSAS ANALYSIS DEPICTED BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FROM EASTERN
COLORADO TO NORTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LATEST RADAR
MOSAIC INDICATED CONVECTION SOME SEVERE FIRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF
AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY. EXAMINATION OF KMVX RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
STORMS WORKING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA WITH EARLIER ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OVER EASTERN OTTER TAIL
COUNTY ON THE WANE.

.FORECAST DETAILS...
WILL KEEP DISCUSSION BRIEF IN LIGHT OF BUSY EVENING KEEPING EYE ON
STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. EXPECT ONGOING CONVECTION TO
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS ITS HEADS NORTHEAST INTO COOLER MORE STABLE
AIR LATER THIS EVENING. UPDATE PLANNED AT THE VERY LEAST OVERNIGHT
FOR COSMETIC CHANGES TO REMOVE EVENING/EARLY WORDING.

.FGF...NONE.

BERG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 5:56 AM CST, 13 hours 16 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-151400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
656 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HOPPES

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 204 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:09 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Otter Tail

When
April 15, 7:12 PM CST
Where
Otter Tail County, 3 mi W of Parkers Prairie
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
46.167, -95.383

Hail, Otter Tail

When
April 15, 7:15 PM CST
Where
Otter Tail County, 7 mi W of Battle Lake
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.283, -95.867

Hail, Otter Tail

When
April 15, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Otter Tail County, 2 mi E of Henning
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.317, -95.383

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.

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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: 5351176, 5351177, 5351178.