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Storm reports for June 17, 2010

NOAA recorded 140 hail reports, 134 wind reports and 74 tornado reports in 16 states on June 17, 2010.

in 16 states
348
Storm reports
Near 46.03, -95.58, MN
4.25 in
Largest hail
Near 46.18, -95.37, MN
145 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 46.09, -95.44, MN
74
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on June 17, 2010 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

An EF4 tornado with peak winds estimated at 170 mph hit Wadena, Minnesota, around 5 p.m. CDT on June 17, 2010, and tore through the western half of the town.1,2 Many homes were flattened, public and industrial buildings were wrecked, and school buses were thrown hundreds of yards.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists 20 injuries and about 100 people displaced from their homes.2 Earlier, an EF4 with peak winds near 175 mph cut a 38-mile path through Otter Tail County, destroying many homes and farmsteads and sweeping 7 homes off their foundations. It killed 1 person and injured 5.3 An EF3 that touched down around 6:15 p.m. CDT crossed Mentor in Polk County, destroying roofs and garages and damaging lakeside cabins. It killed 1 person and injured 2.4

In southern Minnesota, an EF4 touched down in Freeborn County at about 6:33 p.m. CDT and traveled about 20 miles to west of Hartland, destroying houses, barns and other farm buildings. It killed 1 person and injured 14.5 Other tornadoes rated EF2 and EF3 in Freeborn and Steele counties destroyed houses and many outbuildings.6,7,8 In North Dakota, an EF4 with peak winds near 185 mph tracked about 17 miles from near Mayville into Grand Forks County between 3:49 and 4:18 p.m. CDT and swept a house near Holmes off its foundation.9 Hail up to 2.75 inches across damaged vehicles, awnings and buildings in Bena in Cass County, Minnesota.10

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Grand Forks: June 17, 2010 Wadena, MN and Almora-Bluffton, MN EF4 Tornadoes
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 245562, tornado, Wadena County, Minnesota
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 245530, tornado, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 245876, tornado, Polk County, Minnesota
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 231404, tornado, Freeborn County, Minnesota
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 238619, tornado, Freeborn County, Minnesota
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 230471, tornado, Freeborn County, Minnesota
  8. 8. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 238622, tornado, Steele County, Minnesota
  9. 9. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 245496, tornado, Traill County, North Dakota
  10. 10. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 238605, hail, Cass County, Minnesota

Reports by hour

Hail140, most at 5 PM

Wind134, most at 3 PM

Tornado74, most at 5 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:35 AMEF1Near 45.99, -102.64, ND0.62 mi long, 20 yd wide
2:31 PMEF0Near 48.89, -102.92, ND3.48 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:55 PMEF0Near 46.80, -99.26, ND2.76 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:28 PMEF0About 38 miles from Fargo, ND1 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:38 PMEF0Near 47.58, -97.80, ND4.32 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:43 PMEF4Near 46.09, -95.44, MN39.56 mi long, 2288 yd wide
3:44 PMEF0Near 47.19, -98.89, ND0.4 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:49 PMEF4About 52 miles from Fargo, ND17 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:55 PMEF0About 53 miles from Fargo, ND0.2 mi long, 15 yd wide
4:00 PMEF0About 59 miles from Fargo, ND6 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:01 PMEF1Near 47.01, -98.11, ND1 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:05 PMEF0Near 47.17, -98.23, ND0.2 mi long, 15 yd wide
Show all 74 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
4:27 PMEF0Near 47.83, -98.88, ND1.2 mi long, 15 yd wide
4:28 PMEF2About 54 miles from Fargo, ND7 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:30 PMEF1About 48 miles from Fargo, ND7 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:31 PMEF2Near 47.90, -97.30, ND7 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:32 PMEF1Near 47.18, -95.38, MN1 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:40 PMEF2About 50 miles from Fargo, ND3 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:41 PMEF1Near 47.34, -95.49, MN3 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:47 PMEF1Near 47.96, -97.21, ND10 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:48 PMEF1Near 46.30, -95.23, MN1.52 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:59 PMEF4Near 46.41, -95.18, MN10 mi long, 1936 yd wide
5:02 PMEF0Near 47.63, -97.57, ND2.98 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:05 PMEF0Near 43.53, -94.15, MN2.65 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:10 PMEF1Near 48.10, -95.78, MN2 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:11 PMEF0Near 43.37, -94.16, IA0.69 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:15 PMEF0Near 48.16, -97.97, ND3 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:17 PMEF1Near 47.16, -95.15, MN6 mi long, 80 yd wide
5:21 PMEF1Near 48.25, -97.16, ND5 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:22 PMEF0Near 48.08, -97.64, ND1 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:23 PMEF0About 40 miles from Minneapolis, MN0.78 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:24 PMEF0Near 43.46, -94.03, IA0.67 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:29 PMEF1Near 47.64, -95.43, MN1 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:30 PMEF0Near 46.61, -94.88, MN14.76 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:30 PMEF0Near 47.76, -97.15, ND8 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:35 PMEF1Near 48.09, -97.69, ND4 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:37 PMEF0Near 48.09, -97.48, ND2 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:37 PMEF0Near 44.10, -93.88, MN3.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:40 PMEF0Near 43.53, -94.03, MN1.73 mi long, 20 yd wide
5:41 PMEF1Near 48.20, -97.85, ND2 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:44 PMEF1Near 48.46, -95.62, MN4 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:48 PMEF0Near 47.20, -94.91, MN4 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:49 PMEF0Near 47.15, -94.80, MN1 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:50 PMEF1Near 47.84, -96.82, MN7 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:54 PMEF0About 49 miles from Minneapolis, MN0.06 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:56 PMEF0About 49 miles from Minneapolis, MN2.54 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:00 PMEF1Near 47.78, -96.49, MN3 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:00 PMEF1About 34 miles from Minneapolis, MN5.13 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:05 PMEF0Near 43.49, -93.87, IA1.53 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:05 PMEF0Near 43.51, -93.86, MN0.94 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:06 PMEF0Near 48.09, -96.71, MN2 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:10 PMEF0Near 43.53, -93.84, MN0.4 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:13 PMEF2Near 43.51, -93.73, MN1.46 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:15 PMEF3Near 47.64, -96.18, MN15 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:16 PMEF1Near 47.93, -96.38, MN2 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:16 PMEF2Near 43.53, -93.72, MN2.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:23 PMEF0Near 43.54, -93.66, MN0.26 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:26 PMEF1Near 48.27, -96.64, MN7 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:28 PMEF1Near 43.57, -93.65, MN0.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:33 PMEF4Near 43.58, -93.64, MN16.91 mi long, 1760 yd wide
6:55 PMEF1About 55 miles from Rochester, MN1.07 mi long, 100 yd wide
7:05 PMEF3About 52 miles from Rochester, MN18.15 mi long, 1320 yd wide
7:15 PMEF1About 45 miles from Rochester, MN12.59 mi long, 600 yd wide
7:42 PMEF1About 46 miles from Rochester, MN4.94 mi long, 220 yd wide
7:47 PMEF3About 42 miles from Rochester, MN5.01 mi long, 600 yd wide
8:03 PMEF1About 37 miles from Rochester, MN2.16 mi long, 220 yd wide
8:05 PMEF0Near 46.91, -93.59, MN0.69 mi long, 25 yd wide
8:10 PMEF3About 34 miles from Rochester, MN4.32 mi long, 440 yd wide
8:25 PMEF2About 32 miles from Rochester, MN6.61 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:27 PMEF0About 30 miles from Rochester, MN5.49 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:44 PMEF2About 56 miles from Minneapolis, MN7.82 mi long, 400 yd wide
9:03 PMEF1About 5 miles from Rochester, MN2.38 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:05 PMEF0Near 45.81, -92.75, WI0.31 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:57 PMEF1About 40 miles from Rochester, MN2.28 mi long, 25 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Minnesota135543447
North Dakota57161922
Iowa4825203
Kansas181620
Texas181080
Nebraska141400
Tennessee100100
Wisconsin10082
Georgia8170
Alabama7160
Mississippi6060
South Carolina6150
Florida5140
Arkansas3030
North Carolina2020
New Mexico1100

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Rochester, MN1.0 in81 mph1
Birmingham, AL0.88 in69 mph0
Lakeland, FL0.88 inNone0
Amarillo, TXNone70 mph0
Bismarck, NDNone68 mph0
Chattanooga, TNNone58 mph0
Clarksville, TNNone63 mph0
Fargo, NDNone70 mph0
Greenville, SCNone58 mph0
Minneapolis, MNNone60 mph0
Myrtle Beach, SCNone58 mph0
Nashville, TNNone63 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.