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Minnesota storm reports for May 16, 2015

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports, 2 wind reports and 16 tornado reports in Minnesota on May 16, 2015.

in Minnesota
22
Storm reports
About 59 miles from Minneapolis, MN
1.0 in
Largest hail
Near 45.27, -96.33, MN
63 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, near 45.05, -95.74, MN
16
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 May 16, 2015 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

Hail4, most at 12 PM

Wind2, most at 4 PM

Tornado16, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:33 PMEF1Near 45.05, -95.74, MN1.83 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:18 PMEF0Near 45.30, -95.72, MN2.69 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:23 PMEF0Near 45.10, -95.53, MN2.7 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:33 PMEF1Near 45.16, -95.51, MN3.07 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:36 PMEF0Near 45.37, -95.76, MN0.15 mi long, 15 yd wide
5:51 PMEF0Near 45.10, -95.51, MN0.81 mi long, 25 yd wide
5:57 PMEF0Near 45.14, -95.45, MN0.51 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:24 PMEF0Near 45.27, -95.36, MN0.25 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:38 PMEF0Near 45.33, -95.33, MN1.26 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:01 PMEF0Near 45.43, -95.29, MN0.11 mi long, 15 yd wide
7:15 PMEF0Near 45.51, -95.26, MN5.02 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:41 PMEF0Near 45.61, -95.26, MN2.52 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 16 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:48 PMEF0About 58 miles from Minneapolis, MN5.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:56 PMEF0Near 45.71, -95.23, MN0.77 mi long, 15 yd wide
8:09 PMEF0Near 45.76, -95.21, MN0.21 mi long, 15 yd wide
8:28 PMEF0About 56 miles from Minneapolis, MN1.44 mi long, 25 yd wide

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