Hail, Becker
- When
- September 1, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County, 2.34 mi SW of Callaway
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 46.960, -95.940
Dime to quarter sized hail covered the ground.
Hail in Minnesota, September 1, 2014
An upper level disturbance crossed over the area and provided lift for a few thunderstorms that formed across southeast North Dakota into portions of west central Minnesota.
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
- 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 FGF wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance crossed over the area and provided lift for a few thunderstorms that formed across southeast North Dakota into portions of west central Minnesota.
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 1, 2:13 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:13 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 313 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 310 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL BE RAIN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT AND WILL USE BLEND FOR FORECAST. WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL CIRCULATION PROPAGATING ACROSS SOUTHERN MB WILL SLOWLY SWING THROUGH THE FA TONIGHT. ISOLD/SCT TSRA BECOMING MORE ORGANIZED WITH MODEST INSTABILITY/CAPE ALTHOUGH SHEAR WEAK. BEST COVERAGE SO FAR ACROSS THE NORTH CLOSER TO CIRCULATION SO WILL HAVE A BIT HIGHER POPS THIS AREA. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS WAVE MOVES EAST COUPLED WITH LOSS OF HEATING. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT LOOK SEASONAL. AS REGION REMAINS IN WEAK MID LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW ANOTHER WEAK WAVE WILL SWING THROUGH THE FA TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. FAVORED INSTABILITY AND CAPE WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NE FA SO LIMITED POPS THERE. COLUMN WARMS A BIT SO IF WE CAN GET ENOUGH SOLAR TEMPERATURES SHOULD RECOVER CLOSE TO AVERAGE. AGAIN EXPECT PCPN COVERAGE TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 310 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 STRONGER WAVE WILL DIG INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY. AS HEIGHTS FALL LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZES OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WITH E-W BOUNDARY SETTING UP ACROSS SD INTO S MN. CONVECTION SHOULD INITIATE ALONG BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON LIFTING NORTHWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WARM ADVECTION CONTINUES BUT TEMPERATURES WILL HINGE ON DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER. FRIDAY TO MONDAY...SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST WITH MODEL SOLNS SIMILAR AND REASONABLE GIVEN DEPARTING WAVE OVER ONTARIO FRIDAY MORNING. OVERALL A DRY FORECAST WITH LINGER SHOWERS ON FRIDAY IN NW MN TRAILING DEPARTING SYSTEM. 500MB NW FLOW AND SFC HIGH PRESSURE TO GIVE A DRY AND QUIET WEATHER WEEKEND TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH TEMPS WELL WITHIN SEASONAL NORMALS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1242 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 VFR AT ALL TAFS SITES THIS AFTN INTO THE OVERNIGHT...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL GO VCSH WITH POSSIBLE THUNDER THOUGH NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO CURRENTLY ADD TO TAF AT ANY ONE LOCATION. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...VOELKER LONG TERM...JK/VOELKER AVIATION...VOELKER
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 4:19 AM CST, 12 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 519 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-021030- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 519 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA...BUT STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 345 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 MNZ027-028-012145- EAST BECKER MN-WEST BECKER MN- 345 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BECKER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... RICHWOOD AROUND 355 PM CDT. ROCHERT AROUND 415 PM CDT. HEIGHT OF LAND LAKE AROUND 425 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4705 9540 4680 9554 4694 9595 4703 9592 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 281DEG 17KT 4698 9587 JK
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:47 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 347 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 MNZ001-002-015-022-012145- EAST POLK MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NORMAN MN-WEST POLK MN- 347 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN POLK...NORTHEASTERN NORMAN AND NORTHWESTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERTILE...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... MAPLE BAY AROUND 405 PM CDT. FERTILE AROUND 410 PM CDT. FLAMING AROUND 420 PM CDT. RINDAL AROUND 430 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4757 9591 4733 9612 4760 9656 4772 9646 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 303DEG 20KT 4762 9644 JK
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:20 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
420 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
MNZ007-008-012215-
EAST MARSHALL MN-WEST MARSHALL MN-
420 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 515
PM CDT...
AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KARLSTAD...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST
OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEWFOLDEN AROUND 430 PM CDT.
MIDDLE RIVER AROUND 445 PM CDT.
HOLT AROUND 450 PM CDT.
GATZKE AROUND 515 PM CDT.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 4853 9573 4818 9592 4820 9630 4832 9661
4853 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 285DEG 20KT 4843 9639
HOPKINSSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 3:40 PM CST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
440 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
MNZ031-032-012245-
EAST OTTER TAIL MN-WADENA MN-
440 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN OTTER TAIL AND SOUTHERN
WADENA COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
THUNDERSTORM NEAR PERHAM...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT LAKES...
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.
THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW YORK MILLS AROUND 455 PM CDT.
DEER CREEK AROUND 505 PM CDT.
BLUFFTON AROUND 510 PM CDT.
WADENA AND SEBEKA AROUND 520 PM CDT.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 4636 9491 4636 9514 4633 9515 4647 9573
4664 9565 4664 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 275DEG 27KT 4653 9556
HOPKINSSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 4:00 PM CST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 500 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 MNZ003-027-028-012300- CLAY MN-EAST BECKER MN-WEST BECKER MN- 500 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BECKER AND NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF TWIN VALLEY...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... OGEMA AROUND 530 PM CDT. WHITE EARTH AND CALLAWAY AROUND 535 PM CDT. WESTBURY AROUND 540 PM CDT. RICHWOOD AROUND 545 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4711 9565 4685 9573 4701 9635 4715 9628 TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 285DEG 21KT 4707 9618 HOPKINS
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:02 PM CST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 502 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 MNZ003-012300- CLAY MN- 502 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... FELTON AND AVERILL AROUND 530 PM CDT. MUSKODA AROUND 550 PM CDT. HAWLEY AROUND 555 PM CDT. HITTERDAL AROUND 600 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4706 9621 4681 9631 4696 9679 4713 9682 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 285DEG 21KT 4704 9677 HOPKINS
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clay
- When
- September 1, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 0.84 mi NW of Hawley Muni Arpt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 46.890, -96.360
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- September 1, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County, 2.76 mi S of Perham
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 46.560, -95.570
Penny to nickel sized hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch.
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
- Rip Current in Florida, September 1, 2014
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, September 1, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 1 to 3, 2014
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 1, 2014
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 1, 2014
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, September 1, 2014
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Iowa, September 1 to 2, 2014
- Drought in Oklahoma, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Flooding in Iowa, September 1 to 2, 2014
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, September 2014
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: 532063, 532064, 532065.