Minnesota storm reports for August 23, 2012

Name: NOAA storm reports, Minnesota, August 23, 2012
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 25 hail reports, 7 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Minnesota on August 23, 2012.

in Minnesota; 33
Storm reports: Near 44.31, -95.84, MN; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 19 miles from Sioux Falls, SD; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, about 37 miles from Minneapolis, MN; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 August 23, 2012 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.

Reports by hour

Hail25, most at 8 PM

Wind7, most at 8 PM

Tornado1, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:43 PM	EF0	About 37 miles from Minneapolis, MN	3.2 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:11 AM	0.88 in	Near 45.11, -95.91, MN
1:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.42, -95.85, MN
1:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.40, -95.85, MN
1:10 PM	0.88 in	Near 45.43, -95.81, MN
5:50 PM	1.25 in	Near 44.38, -95.79, MN
5:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 44.39, -95.81, MN
5:57 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.44, -95.77, MN
6:24 PM	0.75 in	About 27 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:33 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:37 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.36, -95.59, MN
6:40 PM	1.0 in	About 27 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:41 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.92, -93.48, MN

Show all 25 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
6:50 PM	1.75 in	Near 44.31, -95.84, MN
7:02 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.31, -95.80, MN
7:25 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:55 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:05 PM	0.75 in	About 19 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8:15 PM	1.0 in	About 23 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8:17 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.72, -94.48, MN
8:17 PM	1.25 in	Near 44.73, -94.49, MN
8:18 PM	1.25 in	About 19 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8:22 PM	0.88 in	About 57 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:36 PM	0.75 in	About 32 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:44 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:12 PM	0.75 in	About 52 miles from Minneapolis, MN

Time	Gust	Where
8:10 PM	60 mph	Near 44.72, -94.49, MN
8:15 PM	70 mph	About 19 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8:19 PM	62 mph	About 55 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:39 PM	70 mph	About 47 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:52 PM	64 mph	About 35 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:59 PM	60 mph	About 31 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:14 PM	60 mph	About 33 miles from Minneapolis, MN

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