Hail, Douglas
- When
- July 16, 11:53 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Gordon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.250, -91.800
Hail in Wisconsin, July 16, 2003
1 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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Jul 16, 12:56 PM CST, 10 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:56 PM CST, 10 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 156 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE WEAK COLD FRONT. FRONT IS CURRENTLY FROM BAUDETTE TO FARGO. STORMS ARE CURRENTLY ELEVATED...SO MAIN THREAT RIGHT NOW IS HAIL. EXPECT STORMS TO BECOME MORE SURFACE BASED AND SHOW MORE ROTATION AS FRONT APPROACHES...SBCAPES ARE AROUND 1500 J/KG AND 0-6KM SHEAR IS AROUND 30 M/S ALONG THE FRONT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT. EXPECT THE FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA (FA) BY 06Z...FRONT WILL BE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ZONES BY 09Z. SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES AS THE STORMS LOSE THEIR SURFACED BASED ENERGY. WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FROM THE NORTHEAST AND THE SKIES WILL BE NEARLY CLEAR BY MORNING. FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE MID/UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW. CLEAR SKIES FOR THIS PERIOD... EXCEPT PERHAPS SOME AFTERNOON CU OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES. CHILLY NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING THE 40S. NEXT WAVE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLOW TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE REGION LATE FRIDAY. RETURN FLOW FOR THE DAY FRIDAY WITH THE FRONT PASSING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE RETURNS FOR THIS PERIOD...ALTHOUGH EXPECT MAIN THREAT TO BE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WHERE A POSSIBLE MCS MAY FORM. .DLH...NONE. KFM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 6:36 AM CST, 17 hours 17 minutes before
MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-171230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 736 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF IT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA WILL BE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHEN THE FRONT FINALLY MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DLH BERDES
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:51 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Wildfire in California, July 16 to 24, 2003
- Wildfire in Montana, July 16 to 27, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 16, 2003
- Wildfire in Washington, July 16, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, July 16 to 17, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Texas, July 16, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Texas, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, July 16 to 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 16, 2003
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, July 2003
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: 5378719.