Minnesota storm reports for April 28, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Minnesota, April 28, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 35 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Minnesota on April 28, 2025.

in Minnesota; 41
Storm reports: About 21 miles from Sioux Falls, SD; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 30 miles from Rochester, MN; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 36 miles from Rochester, MN; 3
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
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 April 28, 2025 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail35, most at 4 PM

Wind3, most at 5 PM

Tornado3, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:40 PM	Not rated	Near 43.68, -95.53, MN	1.49 mi long, 10 yd wide
5:38 PM	EF0	About 47 miles from Rochester, MN	0.42 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:52 PM	EF1	About 36 miles from Rochester, MN	3.26 mi long, 175 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:15 PM	1.0 in	About 19 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
1:23 PM	2.0 in	About 21 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
1:24 PM	2.75 in	About 21 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
1:55 PM	0.88 in	About 40 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
2:37 PM	1.75 in	Near 43.78, -95.57, MN
2:54 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.86, -95.38, MN
3:06 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.66, -95.43, MN
3:16 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.87, -95.12, MN
3:18 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.56, -95.39, MN
3:25 PM	0.88 in	Near 43.94, -94.96, MN
3:57 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.53, -95.11, MN
3:58 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.98, -94.63, MN

Show all 35 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:06 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Minneapolis, MN
4:10 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.57, -94.94, MN
4:10 PM	0.75 in	Near 44.27, -94.18, MN
4:10 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.57, -94.95, MN
4:13 PM	1.5 in	About 52 miles from Minneapolis, MN
4:21 PM	1.5 in	About 50 miles from Minneapolis, MN
4:28 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Minneapolis, MN
4:32 PM	1.5 in	About 51 miles from Minneapolis, MN
4:33 PM	1.5 in	About 51 miles from Minneapolis, MN
5:52 PM	0.88 in	Near 43.77, -93.90, MN
6:06 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Rochester, MN
6:06 PM	1.0 in	About 37 miles from Rochester, MN
6:06 PM	1.25 in	Near 43.65, -93.86, MN
6:38 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Rochester, MN
6:45 PM	1.25 in	Near 43.62, -93.60, MN
6:52 PM	1.0 in	About 14 miles from Rochester, MN
6:57 PM	0.88 in	About 52 miles from Rochester, MN
6:59 PM	1.5 in	About 50 miles from Rochester, MN
7:22 PM	0.75 in	About 3 miles from Rochester, MN
7:23 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Rochester, MN
7:58 PM	0.75 in	About 36 miles from Rochester, MN
7:59 PM	1.0 in	About 9 miles from Rochester, MN
9:14 PM	0.75 in	About 37 miles from Rochester, 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

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

Time	Gust	Where
3:33 PM	60 mph	Near 43.67, -95.05, MN
5:35 PM	58 mph	Near 43.85, -93.83, MN
5:59 PM	75 mph	About 30 miles from Rochester, MN