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Minnesota storm reports for August 18, 2016

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Minnesota on August 18, 2016.

in Minnesota
33
Storm reports
Near 44.26, -95.19, MN
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 27 miles from Rochester, MN
72 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, about 40 miles from Rochester, MN
1
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 August 18, 2016 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

Hail3, most at 2 PM

Wind29, most at 2 AM

Tornado1, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:31 PMEF0About 40 miles from Rochester, MN0.09 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Minneapolis, MNNone60 mph0
Rochester, MNNone64 mph0

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