Hail reports for Saturday, August 3
Hail 0.70" in diameter was reported in Littlefork. Photo credit: Stephanie Dorsey Promersberger
On Saturday morning, strong thunderstorms formed in far northern Minnesota ahead of severe thunderstorms in the evening. The strongest storms occurred between six and eight pm in Cass and Crow Wing Counties.
Here are the hail size reports sent to the National Weather Service. Measurements are the diameter size.
- 6:15 PM – 1 S Backus – 2.00 inches – Cass County
- 3:21 PM – Nashwauk – 1.25 inches – Itasca County
- 7:10 PM – Pequot Lakes – 1.00 inches – Crow Wing County
- 10:52 AM – 8 ESE Northome – 0.75 inches – Itasca County
- 10:55 AM – 3 SSW Wirt – 0.75 inches – Itasca County
- 5:12 PM – 1 SSW Grand Rapids – 0.75 inches – Itasca County
- 6:35 PM – 4 NE Jenkins – 0.75 inches – Crow Wing County
- 7:18 PM – 3 SSE Breezy Point – 0.75 inches – Crow Wing County
- 6:30 PM – 7 WSW Pine River – 0.75 inches – Cass County
- 12:30 PM – 3 WNW Squaw Lake – 0.70 inches – Itasca County
- 10:05 AM – Littlefork – 0.70 inches – Koochiching County
- 2:00 PM – 1 NW Wabedo – 0.50 inches – Cass County
- 6:35 PM – Whipholt – 0.50 inches – Cass County
- 1:20 PM – 7 N Cohasset – 0.25 inches – Itasca County
For reference, hail that is two inches in diameter is about the size of a lime. Golf ball-sized hail is 1.75″, quarter-sized hail is 1″, and penny-sized hail is 0.75″.