Hail Map in Minnesota on August 26, 2018

The weather event in Minnesota on August 26, 2018 includes Hail map. 14 states and 605 cities were impacted and suffered possible damage. The total estimated number of properties impacted is 10,284.
Hail map in Minnesota on August 26, 2018
Hail

10,284

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 1.00" hail or larger

1,607

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 1.75" hail or larger

0

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 2.50" hail or larger

Storm reports in Minnesota

Minnesota

DateDescription
08/26/20186:40 PM CDTLarge hail at the tulaby lake boat ramp. Time estimated based on radar.
08/26/20186:16 PM CDTDime to quarter sized hail and very heavy rain
08/26/20185:05 PM CDTLargest hail stones were half dollar sized. Time estimated from radar.
08/26/20184:47 PM CDTLargest hail stones were golf ball sized. Time estimated by radar.
08/26/20186:54 AM CDT At 1153 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Trail to Lengby, moving northeast at 70 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Severe thunderstorms will be near... Trail, Ebro and Olga around 1155 PM CDT. Gully, Weme and Gonvick around 1200 AM CDT. Bagley and Berner around 1205 AM CDT. Leonard and Clearbrook around 1210 AM CDT. Pinewood and Lower Red Lake around 1215 AM CDT.
08/26/20186:45 AM CDT At 1145 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles north of Pinecreek to Carmel, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Severe thunderstorms will be near... Jelle and Carmel around 1150 PM CDT. Fourtown and Malcolm around 1155 PM CDT. Thorhult around 1200 AM CDT. Garden Island State Recreation Area around 1245 AM CDT.
08/26/20186:12 AM CDT At 1112 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fertile to near Kragnes, moving northeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Severe thunderstorms will be near... Flaming around 1115 PM CDT. Fertile around 1120 PM CDT. Borup around 1125 PM CDT. Erskine around 1130 PM CDT. Twin Valley, Syre and McIntosh around 1135 PM CDT.
08/26/20186:01 AM CDT At 1101 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Dunvilla to Maplewood State Park to near Fergus Falls to near Barrett, moving east at 70 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Fergus Falls, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Park Rapids, Perham, Barnesville and Pelican Rapids.This includes Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 17 and80.
08/26/20185:52 AM CDT At 1051 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Orleans to Alvarado, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Severe thunderstorms will be near... Lancaster around 1055 PM CDT. Warren around 1100 PM CDT. Caribou and Radium around 1110 PM CDT. Viking and Haug around 1120 PM CDT. Rosewood around 1125 PM CDT.
08/26/20185:37 AM CDT At 1037 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Angus, or 20 miles northeast of Grand Forks, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near... Radium around 1045 PM CDT. Viking around 1055 PM CDT. Newfolden and Holt around 1100 PM CDT.
08/26/20181:55 AM CDTMultiple trees down across highway 39 along a 5 mile stretch
08/26/20181:35 AM CDTA few large hail in very heavy rains and strong winds. Winds estimated to 50 mph.
08/26/20181:35 AM CDTMultiple large trees uprooted.
08/26/20181:25 AM CDT At 624 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wyoming, or 19 miles southeast of Cambridge, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Forest Lake, Ham Lake, East Bethel, Chisago City, Scandia, Osceola, Wyoming, Otisville, Osceola Airport, Wanderoos, William OBrien State Park and East Farmington.This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 130 and 135. U.S. Highway 8 in Minnesota between mile markers 0 and 5. U.S. Highway 61 between mile markers 163 and 164.
08/26/20181:15 AM CDT At 614 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near White Earth, or 21 miles north of Detroit Lakes, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near... Tulaby Lake around 625 PM CDT. Naytahwaush around 635 PM CDT. Southwestern Long Lost Lake around 640 PM CDT.
08/26/20181:00 AM CDTNumerous trees twisted and snapped at the clementson resort.
08/26/201812:55 AM CDTA local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near 2 NW FARMINGTON
08/26/201812:47 AM CDT At 547 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Spencer Brook to St. Francis, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Cambridge, Forest Lake, East Bethel, North Branch, St. Francis, Isanti, Chisago City, Lindstrom, Rush City, Osceola, St. Croix Falls and Stacy.This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 136 and 163. U.S. Highway 8 in Minnesota between mile markers 7 and 22.
08/26/201812:40 AM CDTMultiple trees were blown down... Several falling across highway 72.
08/26/201812:35 AM CDTSeveral large trees were blown down.
08/26/201812:31 AM CDTReceived photos on social media of numerous trees and large limbs down with some structural damage. Time estimated from radar.
08/26/201812:29 AM CDT At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest of Floodwood, or 12 miles northeast of Big Sandy Lake, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Floodwood, Island, and Savanna Portage State Park.
08/26/201812:20 AM CDTInitial reports received via social media. Mn dnr aerial photos show large areas of blowdown timber stretching along a sw-ne diagonal from about 26 miles south of willi
08/26/201812:20 AM CDT At 519 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles northwest of Bock to near Princeton Airport to near Becker, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Cambridge, Big Lake, Zimmerman, Princeton, Becker, Mora, Milaca, Brunswick, Foreston, Ogilvie, Grasston and Quamba.This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota between mile markers 197 and 199. U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 168 and 205.
08/26/201812:05 AM CDTSeveral recreational vehicles were rolled and multiple trees were snapped or uprooted at pine lake.
08/26/201812:05 AM CDTSeveral recreational vehicles were rolled and multiple trees were snapped or uprooted at pine lake.
08/26/201812:04 AM CDTPine trees down. Relayed from broadcast media from their social media site.
08/25/201811:57 PM CDT At 456 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mcgregor, or 7 miles south of Big Sandy Lake, moving north at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported gof ball sized hail in McGregor at 4:47PM. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Big Sandy Lake, Mcgregor, Tamarack, Balsam, Flowage Lake, Sheshebee, and Savanna Portage State Park.
08/25/201811:55 PM CDTTrees and branches down near northwood church. Time estimated by observer.
08/25/201811:51 PM CDTCell phone tower crumbled and bent to the ground. Two satellite receiver dishes destroyed. Roofs ripped off of two tall grain storage bins. Estimated peak wind gusts of
08/25/201811:51 PM CDTPeak winds measured at the fosston airport /kfse/. Wind sensor stopped reporting at 1151 pm cdt so actual wind speeds could have been higher.
08/25/201811:51 PM CDTStorm damage survey confirmed an ef-1 tornado intermittently tracked 26 miles from 3 miles nne of fosston to 9 miles nne of leonard. Several cabins and farm outbuilding
08/25/201811:51 PM CDTWind sensor stopped reporting at 1151pm so actual wind speeds could have been higher.
08/25/201811:50 PM CDTScattered tree limbs broken... Mainly small and a few large... Throughout the city of fosston
08/25/201811:40 PM CDTTrees down on hwy 59. Reported via social media.
08/25/201811:30 PM CDTTwo trees down in the farm yard. 2.25 inches of rain.
08/25/201811:30 PM CDTTwo trees down in the farm yard. 2.25 inches of rain.
08/25/201811:30 PM CDTStorm damage survey confirmed ef-1 tornado tracked 16 miles from 9 miles sw of winger to 5 miles wnw of fosston. Numerous barns... Sheds... And outbuildings were damage
08/25/201811:30 PM CDTA farmhouse and several farm outbuildings were damaged. Multiple trees were uprooted or snapped.
08/25/201811:28 PM CDT At 428 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of Mcgregor, or 18 miles northeast of Mille Lacs Lake, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Big Sandy Lake, Mcgregor, Palisade, Kimberly, Flowage Lake, Sheshebee, Rice Lake Wildlife Refuge, and Savanna Portage State Park.
08/25/201811:22 PM CDT At 422 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mahtowa, or 14 miles southwest of Cloquet, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Cloquet, Scanlon, Mahtowa, Cromwell, Brookston, Saginaw, Fond Du Lac Reservation, Grand Lake, Mahnomen, Burnett, Kettle Lake, and Sawyer.
08/25/201811:05 PM CDTBranches down in a yard.
08/25/201811:03 PM CDT At 403 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Foreston, or 23 miles northeast of St. Cloud, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Mora, Rush City, Milaca, Foley, Brunswick, Foreston, Ogilvie, Grasston, Quamba, Bock, Stanchfield and Dalbo.This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 158 and 162. U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 184 and 196.
08/25/201810:55 PM CDTRwis
08/25/201810:54 PM CDTA local report indicates 66 MPH wind near 1 S HALLOCK
08/25/201810:50 PM CDTTrees blown down and power outages. Time estimated based on radar.
08/25/201810:44 PM CDTPeak winds measured by a personal weather station.
08/25/201810:43 PM CDTNdawn
08/25/201810:43 PM CDT2-3 inch tree branches broken off
08/25/201810:38 PM CDTNdawn measured the wind gust. Trees were uprooted in the area and power poles were snapped. Numerous power outages were reported.
08/25/201810:37 PM CDTRwis
08/25/201810:37 PM CDTPeak wind reported at the dot rwis station.
08/25/201810:21 PM CDT At 320 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Upsala to St Wendel, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Little Falls, Pierz, Royalton, Holdingford, Upsala, Bowlus, Rice, Granite Ledge, Morrill, Buckman, Gilman and Little Rock.This includes U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota between mile markers 149and 171.

Cities Impacted by Hail Map on August 26, 2018

Please be aware that the storm maps provided by HailTrace include estimates of the number of structures impacted by storms on the specified date. These estimates are derived from data provided by Microsoft, including building footprint data generated using computer vision algorithms applied to satellite imagery. While HailTrace makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of this information, it is not guaranteed and should be used as a general reference only. The actual number of impacted structures may differ from the estimates provided on the storm maps.

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