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Minnesota storm reports for April 17, 2026

NOAA recorded 31 hail reports, 1 wind report and 11 tornado reports in Minnesota on April 17, 2026.

in Minnesota
43
Storm reports
1 W Hayfield, Dodge County, MN
1.75 in
Largest hail
11
Tornado reports
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 17, 2026 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

Hail31, most at 2 PM

Wind1, most at 3 PM

Tornado11, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:50 PMNot rated5 NE Sargeant, Mower County, MNNot surveyed
1:50 PMNot rated5 NE Sargeant, Dodge County, MNNot surveyed
1:53 PMNot rated6 NE Sargeant, Dodge County, MNNot surveyed
2:17 PMNot rated1 N Stewartville, Olmsted County, MNNot surveyed
2:30 PMNot rated4 NE Rochester, Olmsted County, MNNot surveyed
2:32 PMNot rated4 N Stewartville, Olmsted County, MNNot surveyed
2:32 PMNot rated4 N Stewartville, Olmsted County, MNNot surveyed
2:46 PMNot rated2 E Viola, Olmsted County, MNNot surveyed
2:53 PMNot rated2 NNW Elgin, Wabasha County, MNNot surveyed
2:53 PMNot rated2 N Elgin, Wabasha County, MNNot surveyed
2:57 PMNot rated4 S Plainview, Wabasha County, MNNot surveyed

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Rochester, MN1.75 inNone6
Duluth, MN1.25 inNone0

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