Hail, Renville
- When
- May 5, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Danube
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.783, -95.100
Hail in Minnesota, May 5, 2005
5 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
- 5
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 5, 2:45 AM CST, 11 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:45 AM CST, 11 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 345 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... WARM ADVECTION COUPLED WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH AND EAST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A FEW ECHOES SHOWING UP. STILL FAIRLY DRY..SO PROBABLY LITTLE IF ANY REACHING GROUND. MAY INCLUDE AN ISOLATED SHOWER THIS MORNING..BUT BETTER FORCING THIS AFTERNOON WITH WAVE SEEN OVERT EASTERN MAT AND THE STRONGER ONE HEADING TOWARD FAR NORTHERN MN. AXIS OF UPPER JET ALSO FORECAST TO TRANSLATE ACROSS STATE TODAY..WITH BEST ASSCTD UPPER DIV OVER N OR W WISC BY EVENING,. AT THE SAME TIME..CONTINUED THETA E ADVECTION..AND DEVELOPING CONV ALONG FRONT WILL HELP TO DEVELOP SOME HIGH BASED SHWRS/TSTMS. THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE IN CENTRAL MN..AND THEN INTO WEST CENTRAL...WISC LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN OVER PARTS OF S MN THIS EVENING. FREEZING LEVELS STILL LOW THUS SOME CHANCE OF HAIL. GUSTY SSW WINDS MAINLY THIS MORNING..AND COULD BE CLOSE TO ADVSY CRITERIA..SO WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS DURING EARLY MORNING. FIRE WEATHER CRITERIA CLOSE..BUT DPS RISING INTO TO 40 TO 45 RANGE SHOULD KEEP JUST BELOW. FRONT SAGS JUST TO SOUTH ON FRIDAY...AND RETURNING LOW LEVEL FLOW PROBABLY NOT GETTING GOING UNTIL LATER IN AFTERNOON. THEN BOTH NAM AND GFS START TO SOME FAIRLY SIG 850 THETA E ADVECTION FRIDAY NIGHT ..BUT MAIN FOCUS WILL BE IN WESTERN MN. THE MAIN PUSH OF THIS FORCING WILL BE MAINLY THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING BUT WILL BE TRICKY WHERE BOUNDARY SETS UP FOR SATURDAY EVENING. NAM A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH CLOSER TO S MN. MAIN HOT PROD AND PRES FALLS LIKELY WILL BE FOCUSED OVER WESTERN CWA AND THEN UP INTO N MN. WILL PLACE HIGHEST POPS IN NW CWA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. GUID HIGHS SHOULD BE CLOSE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS..BUT MINS SEEM KIND OF LOW ESPCLY SAT NIGHT. && LONGER TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN GFS/ECMWF ON EVOLUTION OF UPR TROF SUN AND MONDAY...WHICH BEGINS AS A CLOSED H5 CIRCULATION ON SUN OVR SD AND MOVS ACRS CWA INTO WI/IL AND OPENS UP BY TUE AS STRONGER TROF MOVS INTO THE WRN CONUS. THIS SYS SHOULD BRING A GOOD CHC OF SHRA/TSRA ON SUN INTO SUN NIGHT AND KEPT POP GRIDS AS THEY ARE. DRY SLOT INITIALLY ON SUN MORNING WILL LIKELY FILL WITH STORMS AS SFC BNDRY CROSSES CWA IN PEAK HEATING WITH TEMPS IN THE 70S AND DWPTS IN THE 50S. LATER SHIFTS WL LIKELY HAVE TO EXPAND AREA OF LIKELY POPS INTO ERN MN/WRN WI SUN AFTN/NIGHT. I MAY BE A LITTLE SLOW TO MOVE PCPN OUT ON MON BUT WANTED TO HANG ON TO SHRA CHC IN CYCLONIC FLOW. CANDIAN MOVES THINGS ALONG AT A GREATER CLIP SO MON MAY TURN OUT TO BETTER THAN ADVERTISED...BUT I STILL PREFER A LITTLE SLOWER (GFS) SOLN. TUE LOOKS THE BEST WITH RIDGING COMING BACK AND TEMPS STILL SEASONABLE IN THE 60S. POTENT WAVE MOVING OUT OF WRN CONUS SPREADS HI POPS PER ENSEMBLES INTO SRN MN BY TUE NIGHT INTO WED...LINGERING INTO THUR. STRONGER JET AND FASTER SWLY FLOW ALOFT LIKELY SPELLS A BETTER SVR THREAT IF MOISTURE CAN REMAIN IN PLACE. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MN...NONE. .WI...NONE. && RICHARDSON/BINAU
Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 2:15 PM CST, 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2005 MNZ060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-061000- ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE- HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY- STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN- 315 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2005 ...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED INTO THE MIDDLE 70S ALONG WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 25 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT WILL SAG INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY IT. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE WITH A LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. MNZ041>045-047>059-064-065-073-061000- BENTON-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI- LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE- SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE- 315 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH... TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S...AND HUMIDITY VALUES OF 30 TO 40 PERCENT. ANY BURNING TODAY SHOULD BE DONE WITH CAUTION. A COLD FRONT WILL SAG INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE WITH A LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND BE READY TO REPORT IF STORMS DO INDEED BECOME SEVERE. WIZ014>016-023>028-061000- BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST CROIX- 315 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE WITH A LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Nicollet
- When
- May 5, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, 6 mi NW of St George
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.467, -94.617
Hail, Renville
- When
- May 5, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 6 mi SE of Fairfax
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.467, -94.633
Dime sized hail fell in Carro Township.
Hail, Nicollet
- When
- May 5, 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, Lafayette
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -94.400
Hail, Brown
- When
- May 5, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 2 mi N of Springfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.283, -94.967
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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More
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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: 5446013, 5446014, 5446015, 5446016, 5446017.