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Minnesota storm reports for August 17, 2019

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 16 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Minnesota on August 17, 2019.

in Minnesota
27
Storm reports
Near 45.35, -96.35, MN
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 43 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 52 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6
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 17, 2019 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 5 PM

Wind16, most at 10 PM

Tornado6, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:54 PMEF1About 52 miles from Sioux Falls, SD3.94 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:59 PMEF0About 51 miles from Sioux Falls, SD4.01 mi long, 40 yd wide
10:59 PMEF0About 54 miles from Sioux Falls, SD0.79 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:08 PMEF0Near 44.11, -95.78, MN0.93 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:14 PMEF0Near 44.13, -95.76, MN1.15 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:25 PMEF0Near 43.86, -95.26, MN0.51 mi long, 20 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.