Minnesota hail map — August 3, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 8 Minnesota cities on August 3, 2024. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Bloomington.
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- Cities hit
- 8
- in Minnesota
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Minnesota on August 3, 2024
12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 4 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 4.00″ softball size Public1 N Wadena, MN6:30 PM CDTWadena County
Facebook report of mostly baseball sized stones with a few as large as softballs, no hail stones smaller than golf balls.
- 4.00″ softball size Public1 ESE Wadena, MN6:40 PM CDTWadena County
Corrects previous hail report from 1 ESE Wadena. Mostly ping pong balls, but the largest stones were up to softball in size.
- 3.00″ baseball size Trained SpotterWadena, MN6:38 PM CDTWadena County
Largest hailstones only lasted 3 minutes, but smaller hail still ongoing at time of call.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 ESE Wadena, MN6:40 PM CDTWadena County
Mostly ping pong balls, but the largest stones were 3 inches in diameter.
- 3.00″ baseball size Amateur Radio1 N Browerville, MN7:22 PM CDTTodd County
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicWadena, MN6:50 PM CDTWadena County
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public1 S Backus, MN6:15 PM CDTCass County
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter4 S Browerville, MN7:20 PM CDTTodd County
Picture via X.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained SpotterGrey Eagle, MN8:00 PM CDTTodd County
Photo via twitter.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Emergency MngrBlackduck, MN12:10 PM CDTBeltrami County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Law EnforcementStaples, MN6:20 PM CDTWadena County
Delayed Report. Location Estimated.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Law EnforcementStaples, MN6:25 PM CDTWadena County
Reported golf ball sized hail ongoing.
Showing the 12 largest of 66 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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Minnesota hail on August 3, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 8 Minnesota cities that day. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Bloomington. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.