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Minnesota storm reports for July 17, 2015

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 42 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Minnesota on July 17, 2015.

in Minnesota
50
Storm reports
Near 45.56, -96.71, MN
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 57 miles from Fargo, ND
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 35 miles from Minneapolis, MN
3
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 July 17, 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

Hail5, most at 8 PM

Wind42, most at 12 AM

Tornado3, most at 11 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:56 PMEF1About 35 miles from Minneapolis, MN5.14 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:00 AMEF0About 12 miles from Minneapolis, MN1.87 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:02 AMEF0About 25 miles from Rochester, MN0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Minneapolis, MNNone70 mph1

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