Hail in Minnesota, September 17, 2003

Name: Hail in Minnesota, September 17, 2003
Start: 2003-09-17T00:10
End: 2003-09-17T18:00
Location: Minnesota

September 17, 2003 · NWS FGF · 15 events in 7 counties and zones

15 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: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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 Sep 16, 7:35 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 7:35 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
835 PM CDT TUE SEP 16 2003

FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS PCPN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES.

BROAD PRESSURE FALLS OVER ND AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER
WESTERN SD. ASSOCIATED SURFACE WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO SOUTHERN ND
WITH 60 DEGREE DEWPOINTS NOSING INTO FAR SOUTHERN FA. KMVX-88D VAD
WIND PROFILE INDICATING WIND IN LOWER GATES INCREASING TO 40KT AND
BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY. SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT TO
CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. UPSTREAM KBIS-88D INDICATING
BAND OF SHRA/TSRA LIFTING NE. WITH STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LOWEST
CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS OVER FAR NORTH WILL CONTINUE TREND OF
BEST CHANCES FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION THIS AREA OVERNIGHT WITH ISOLD
SEVERE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. REGION TO REMAIN IN WARM SECTOR
OVERNIGHT AND WITH CONTINUED MOIST FLUX AND WIND TEMPERATURES TO
HOLD UP. WILL TAKE A LAST LOOK HOWEVER MAY NOSE TEMPERATURES UP
SLIGHTLY ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN AREAS.

.FGF...NONE.

VOELEKR

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 5:15 AM CST, 18 hours 55 minutes before

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-161400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
615 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL
BE LARGE HAIL FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT UNTIL 6 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND FROM 1 PM UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

KELLENBENZ

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 223 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:10 UTC.

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Event by event

15 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Polk

When: September 17, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Polk County, 4 mi NW of Eldred
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.750, -94.950

Hail, Lake of the Woods

When: September 17, 12:15 AM CST
Where: Lake of the Woods County, Angle Inlet
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.300, -96.133

Hail, Marshall

When: September 17, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Marshall County, 1 mi NE of Grygla
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.517, -95.783

Hail, Wilkin

When: September 17, 11:12 AM CST
Where: Wilkin County, 5 mi SE of Wolverton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.667, -95.583

Hail, Becker

When: September 17, 12:05 PM CST
Where: Becker County, 1 mi E of Cormorant
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.900, -95.317

Hail, Otter Tail

When: September 17, 12:18 PM CST
Where: Otter Tail County, 5 mi E of Dunvilla
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 48.967, -95.067

Hail, Becker

When: September 17, 12:40 PM CST
Where: Becker County, 1 mi NW of Cormorant
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.717, -96.867

Hail, Polk

When: September 17, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Polk County, Crookston
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 49.000, -93.950

Hail, Polk

When: September 17, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Polk County, 5 mi NE of Crookston
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 48.317, -95.600

Hail, Lake of the Woods

When: September 17, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Lake of the Woods County, 1 mi S of Williams
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.533, -96.717

Hail, Marshall

When: September 17, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, 2 mi E of Holt
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.733, -96.050

Hail, Marshall

When: September 17, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, 6 mi N of Gatzke
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.667, -95.917

Hail, Roseau

When: September 17, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Roseau County, 3 mi SE of Pencer
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 46.750, -96.083

Hail, Roseau

When: September 17, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Roseau County, Warroad
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.783, -96.617

Hail, Lake of the Woods

When: September 17, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lake of the Woods County, Arnesen
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 47.833, -96.533

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: 5375191, 5375279, 5375280, 5375281, 5375282, 5375283, 5374104, 5374105, 5374106, 5374107, 5374108, 5374109, 5374543, 5374544, 5374545.