Hail, Pierce
- When
- June 26, 12:46 PM CST to 12:51 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County, 0.85 mi NE of River Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.860, -92.620
Flash Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 26, 2013
Thunderstorms began to develop during the afternoon of Wednesday, June 26th. These storms developed from the Twin Cities, northeast across east central Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin and moved slowly southeast.
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
- $50,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms began to develop during the afternoon of Wednesday, June 26th. These storms developed from the Twin Cities, northeast across east central Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin and moved slowly southeast. The storms became severe along the Mississippi River Valley from the area around Red Wing Minnesota, east to River Falls and Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
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 Jun 26, 12:17 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 12:17 PM CST, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 117 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 .MESOSCALE DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 SCATTERED STORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG A CONFLUENCE LINE ASSOCIATED WITH A WIND SHIFT...WHICH IS COLLOCATED WITH A SURFACE TROUGH FROM THE TC METRO NEWD INTO NWRN WI. OTHER THAN SMALL HAIL AND SOME LIGHTNING...NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE HAS YET RESULTED FROM THIS ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN TO BREAK OUT ACROSS WRN WI AND SOME FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY BUILDS. EFFECTIVE SHEAR IS PRETTY MODEST IN THESE AREAS WHICH HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR LACK OF ORGANIZATION. STORM CLUSTERS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN AS THE MAIN STORM MODE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONSULT THE SPC MCD 1247 FOR MORE INFORMATION. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONGST THE SHORT TERM MODEL SOLUTIONS IS FOR A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND WITH THE BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN MN EARLY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...HAVE TAPERED POPS OFF GRADUALLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SREF/HRRR/ARW MODELS THEN ALL DEPICT DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY IS ON TAP. HIGHS WILL BE WELL INTO THE 80S COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 65 TO 70 DEGREE RANGE. HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LOWER 90S. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS WE REMAIN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF A NEGATIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH AND STRONG JET ALOFT. THE TROUGH IS SHOWN BY ALL DETERMINISTIC RUNS TO DROP SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE FA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. UNFORTUNATELY...RAIN CHANCES FOR SATURDAY ARE INCREASING. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BY SUNDAY WITH THE UPPER TROUGH SOUTH OF THE REGION. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO WESTERN MINNESOTA ON MONDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF THE FA BY TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF IS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AS THE GFS IS WITH MORE UPPER TROUGHING MOVING THROUGH. ITS POSSIBLE THAT RAIN COULD BE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CWA DURING THESE PERIODS. THE WARMEST DAY OF THE LONG TERM IS THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY DUE TO THE CLOUDS/SHOWERS AND NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING WITH HIGHS FORECAST TO BE ONLY IN THE MIDDLE 70S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 STORMS HAVE FIRED ACROSS FAR ERN MN AND WRN WI AT TAF ISSUANCE TIME. THINK THE THREAT WEST OF MSP IS OVER...WITH THE THREAT INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AT RNH AND EAU. ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BY 20Z OVER WRN WI. THE STORMS WILL PUSH EAST THIS EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF DRY WX EXPECTED BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT REACHES THE AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS COULD FIRE ALONG IT LATE...BUT COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE TOO LOW AND BRIEF TO INCLUDE IN ANY TAF LOCATION. KMSP...CLUSTER OF TSRA HAS FORMED NORTH AND EAST OF THE TERMINAL...WHICH IS PUSHING EAST. ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD DEVELOP THROUGH 20Z...BUT THE BETTER THREAT IS NOW SHIFTING EAST OF MSP. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ THU...VFR. WINDS WNW AT 10G15KTS. FRI...VFR. WINDS NW AT 15G20KTS. SAT...VFR. CHC SHRA/TS WITH MVFR. WINDS NW AT 10 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && MESOSCALE...BORGHOFF SHORT TERM...LS LONG TERM...RAH AVIATION...BORGHOFF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:04 PM CST, 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 MNZ045-052-053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-271815- KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA- GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- 104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MNZ041>044-048>051-057>059-066>069-076-077-084-085-093-271815- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- 104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-271815- STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- 104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BORGHOFF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:47 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1047 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N FROST 43.61N 93.93W
06/22/2013 FARIBAULT MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCATTERED LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 254 BETWEEN
FROST AND INTERSTATE 90.
0125 AM TSTM WND DMG WELLS 43.74N 93.73W
06/22/2013 FARIBAULT MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCATTERED TREES DOWN.
&&
TDKLocal storm report, Jun 26, 11:14 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1214 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 AM HAIL CHISAGO CITY 45.37N 92.89W
06/26/2013 E0.25 INCH CHISAGO MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LRSSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 11:17 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1217 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 MNZ053-063-WIZ014-261800- CHISAGO-POLK-WASHINGTON- 1217 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 AT 1212 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOREST LAKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 1214 PM IN SOUTHERN CHISAGO COUNTY. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SHAFER. OSCEOLA. DRESSER. CENTURIA. WANDEROOS. DERONDA. LAT...LON 4552 9235 4523 9229 4524 9302 4541 9301 TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 259DEG 24KT 4535 9273
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:00 PM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 100 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023-024-261845- DAKOTA-GOODHUE-PIERCE-ST. CROIX-WASHINGTON- 100 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER DAKOTA...GOODHUE...PIERCE...ST. CROIX AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM CDT... AT 1258 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF RIVER FALLS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUDSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... RIVER FALLS. ROBERTS. BELDENVILLE. HAMMOND. MARTEL. BALDWIN. LAT...LON 4506 9215 4464 9215 4471 9275 4512 9278 TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 274DEG 14KT 4489 9258
Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:19 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
119 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0118 PM HAIL RIVER FALLS 44.86N 92.62W
06/26/2013 E0.25 INCH PIERCE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BORGHOFFSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 12:33 PM CST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 133 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 MNZ053-062-063-WIZ014-023-025-261930- CHISAGO-DUNN-POLK-RAMSEY-ST. CROIX-WASHINGTON- 133 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER CHISAGO...DUNN...POLK...RAMSEY...ST. CROIX AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT... AT 131 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF STILLWATER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH TO JUST OVER ONE INCH ALSO SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS PASS YOUR LOCATION. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HUGO. SCANDIA. MARINE ON ST CROIX. EAST FARMINGTON. OSCEOLA. HOULTON. LAT...LON 4544 9218 4507 9215 4497 9299 4529 9302 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 261DEG 28KT 4518 9284
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County, 0.85 mi NW of Ellsworth
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.740, -92.480
Several large tree branches blew down near Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
Flash Flood, Eau Claire
- When
- June 26, 4:45 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Eau Claire County, 3.39 mi NW of Eau Claire to 3.29 mi WSW of Eau Claire
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 44.849, -91.536
Very heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused a mudslide on Highway 53 just south of the Eau Claire/Chippewa county line. The southbound lanes were closed for about three hours as crews removed more than 30 truckloads of soil.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 26 to 27, 2013
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, June 26 to 27, 2013
- Heat in Missouri, June 26 to 27, 2013
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 26 to 27, 2013
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 26 to 27, 2013
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 26, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 26, 2013
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 26, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 2013
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 26, 2013
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 26, 2013
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 2013
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: 450735, 450736, 460869.