Minnesota storm reports for May 8, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, Minnesota, May 8, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 22 hail reports, 16 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Minnesota on May 8, 2014.

in Minnesota; 40
Storm reports: Near 44.58, -94.42, MN; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 51 miles from Rochester, MN; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF0, near 43.96, -94.61, MN; 2
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 May 8, 2014 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

Hail22, most at 4 PM

Wind16, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:51 PM	EF0	Near 43.96, -94.61, MN	0.83 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:09 PM	EF0	Near 44.11, -94.38, MN	2.1 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:41 AM	0.75 in	About 52 miles from Rochester, MN
11:49 AM	0.75 in	About 7 miles from Minneapolis, MN
12:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.24, -96.23, MN
12:05 PM	1.0 in	Near 45.27, -96.22, MN
3:37 PM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Rochester, MN
3:51 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Rochester, MN
4:04 PM	0.88 in	About 6 miles from Rochester, MN
4:15 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
4:44 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
4:48 PM	0.88 in	Near 43.85, -95.44, MN
5:08 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
5:08 PM	0.75 in	About 49 miles from Sioux Falls, SD

Show all 22 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:48 PM	1.5 in	Near 44.87, -94.65, MN
5:58 PM	0.75 in	Near 44.42, -94.92, MN
7:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 44.65, -94.44, MN
7:58 PM	1.75 in	Near 44.58, -94.42, MN
8:15 PM	0.75 in	About 50 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:19 PM	0.75 in	About 45 miles from Minneapolis, MN
8:40 PM	0.75 in	About 35 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:05 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:30 PM	0.88 in	About 41 miles from Minneapolis, MN
9:39 PM	0.75 in	About 42 miles from Minneapolis, MN

Time	Gust	Where
2:53 PM	64 mph	About 56 miles from Minneapolis, MN
2:55 PM	70 mph	About 51 miles from Rochester, MN
3:10 PM	64 mph	About 50 miles from Rochester, MN
3:15 PM	62 mph	About 44 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:18 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:20 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:25 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:30 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:30 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:33 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Rochester, MN
3:36 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:40 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Minneapolis, MN

Show all 16 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:42 PM	64 mph	About 22 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3:50 PM	70 mph	About 28 miles from Rochester, MN
4:00 PM	70 mph	About 34 miles from Rochester, MN
4:14 PM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Minneapolis, MN

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Rochester, MN	1.0 in	None	0
Minneapolis, MN	0.75 in	60 mph	0

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