Hail in Minnesota, April 18, 2004

Name: Hail in Minnesota, April 18, 2004
Start: 2004-04-18T00:44
End: 2004-04-18T00:44
Location: Minnesota

April 18, 2004 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 17, 7:48 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 7:48 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
848 PM CDT SAT APR 17 2004

.DISCUSSION...
FIRST ROUND OF TSTRMS FIRED JUST EAST OF CWA ACROSS SOUTHERN
MN...NOW DEVELOPMENT SHOWING JUST SOUTH OF IDA COUNTY...CLOSE TO
WARM FRONT.  WEST TO EAST WARM FRONT FROM NEAR KODX IN EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA TO NEAR KOFK TO JUST SOUTH OF KSUX TO NORTH OF KEBS IN
CENTRAL IA AT 01Z.  EXPECT WARM FRONT TO PUSH NORTH TO BE NEAR
NORTHERN PART OF FSD CWA BY 12Z.  AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE NEAR AND
SOUTH OF WARM FRONT. STILL EXPECT TSTRMS TO FIRE NEAR WARM FRONT AS
IT PUSHES NORTH...ESPECIALLY AFTER LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN LATER
TONIGHT.  BEST ACTIVITY MAY WELL END UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF
CWA TOWARD MORNING...BUT WILL NOT RULE OUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
JUST ABOUT ANYWAY ACROSS CWA OVERNIGHT AS WARM FRONT AND LLJ BECOME
MORE ACTIVE.

MINOR CHANGES MADE TO GRIDS...AND ZONES IN GENERALLY GOOD SHAPE AT
THIS TIME.  WILL WORDSMITH THE ZFP BUT MAJOR CHANGES NOT EXPECTED.
STILL LOOKS VERY WARM SUNDAY...WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPS POSSIBLE
ACROSS SE PART OF CWA.

&&

.FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FIRE WX WATCH SUN ZONES 040-055-056-060>062-065>067-068-071.
MN...FIRE WX WATCH SUN ZONES 071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098.
IA...FIRE WX WATCH SUN ZONES 001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032.
NE...FIRE WX WATCH SUN ZONES 013-014.

&&

HARMON

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 9:32 AM CST, 15 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1032 AM CDT SAT APR 17 2004

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-181200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE AREA TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A
STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF WARM AND MORE MOIST AIR. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT WITH A FEW SEVERE
STORMS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. THE PRIMARY
THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
AREA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 80S.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT.
STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS FOLLOWED BY LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA.

THE VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OF VERY WARM AIR SHOULD
ALSO BRING AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND
ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A VERY
HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED IN THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 9 PM CDT...

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 10:38 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1138 PM CDT SAT APR 17 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1122 PM     HAIL             2 SE CANISTOTA          43.58N 97.26W
04/17/2004  1.00 INCH        MCCOOK             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DPM

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:23 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1223 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1221 AM     HAIL             CHESTER                 43.89N 96.93W
04/18/2004  0.75 INCH        LAKE               SD   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HAIL AT CHESTER...REPORTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

&&

DPM

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:49 PM CST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1249 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1202 AM     HAIL             10 N COLMAN             44.13N 96.82W
04/18/2004  0.75 INCH        MOODY              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

1224 AM     HAIL             2 SSE BUSHNELL          44.30N 96.63W
04/18/2004  1.75 INCH        BROOKINGS          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

1225 AM     HAIL             2 ESE COLMAN            43.97N 96.78W
04/18/2004  1.00 INCH        MOODY              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

1233 AM     HAIL             HENDRICKS               44.51N 96.43W
04/18/2004  0.88 INCH        LINCOLN            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1233 AM     HAIL             7 NW LAKE BENTON        44.33N 96.39W
04/18/2004  1.75 INCH        LINCOLN            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:02 AM CST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
102 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 AM     HAIL             4 NE FLANDREAU          44.09N 96.54W
04/18/2004  1.75 INCH        MOODY              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:10 AM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
110 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0106 AM     HAIL             12 NNW PIPESTONE        44.16N 96.41W
04/18/2004  2.00 INCH        PIPESTONE          MN   AIRPLANE PILOT

&&

BOUSTEAD

Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:27 AM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
127 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 AM     HAIL             LAKE BENTON             44.26N 96.29W
04/18/2004  2.75 INCH        LINCOLN            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BOUSTEAD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lyon

When: April 18, 12:44 AM CST
Where: Lyon County, 12 mi W of Marshall
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.450, -96.033

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

Every storm in Minnesota in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, April 2004

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: 5395015.