Thunderstorm over southern Washington County: July 11, 2020
Photo credit: Minnesota State Climatology Office
Scattered but intense thunderstorms cause wind and hail damage across southern and central Minnesota.
While parts of Minnesota had sunny skies, scattered thunderstorms developed and moved the southeast over central and southern Minnesota. The stronger storms became severe and dropped golf-ball to tennis ball-sized hail. Some of the counties impacted were Pope, Kandiyohi, Nicollet, Renville and Jackson Counties. A weak tornado was reported five miles east of Judson in Nicollet County.
The hail damaged sugar beets, corn and soybeans. There was also some tree damage and corn blown over as well in the Waseca area.
The thunderstorms were framed against a sharp blue sky. Rainfall amounts with these storms while intense, was generally less than an inch.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 659 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0322 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 WNW NORTH MANKATO 44.19N 94.08W 07/11/2020 NICOLLET MN AMATEUR RADIO TREES DOWN AND CORN FLATTENED ON CO RD 6 JUST SOUTH OF HWY 14. PHOTOS OF DAMAGE SHARED VIA FACEBOOK. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1002 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0308 PM TORNADO 3 ENE JUDSON 44.21N 94.14W 07/11/2020 NICOLLET MN NWS STORM SURVEY TORNADO RATED EF0. IT LASTED 5 MINUTES, ENDING 3 MILES WEST OF NORTH MANKATO. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR BROKEN, NUMEROUS SWATHS OF CORN WERE FLATTENED, AND THE DOOR AND PORTION OF A ROOF WERE BLOWN OFF A MACHINE SHED. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 452 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE MADISON LAKE 44.18N 93.76W 07/11/2020 WASECA MN PUBLIC TREES DOWN AND CORN BLOWN OVER. REPORTED VIA TWITTER. PHOTOS INCLUDED. TIME ESTIMATED. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 410 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0340 PM TSTM WND DMG MADISON LAKE 44.21N 93.82W 07/11/2020 BLUE EARTH MN AMATEUR RADIO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ALSO, SEVERAL TREES DOWN NORTH OF TOWN NEAR DUCK LAKE, SOME BLOCKING CO RD. 26. TIME ESTIMATED. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 155 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0144 PM HAIL 4 SSW OKABENA 43.69N 95.33W 07/11/2020 M1.75 INCH JACKSON MN TRAINED SPOTTER PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 151 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0100 PM HAIL 5 SE LAKE LILLIAN 44.88N 94.82W 07/11/2020 E1.25 INCH RENVILLE MN COCORAHS PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 203 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0200 PM HAIL 8 SW LAKEFIELD 43.60N 95.28W 07/11/2020 E2.50 INCH JACKSON MN PUBLIC REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 210 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0143 PM HAIL 2 N HECTOR 44.77N 94.72W 07/11/2020 E2.00 INCH RENVILLE MN PUBLIC PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 212 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0206 PM HAIL 3 SSW STEWART 44.69N 94.51W 07/11/2020 E2.50 INCH SIBLEY MN TRAINED SPOTTER PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 216 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0215 PM HAIL 4 S LONG BEACH 45.59N 95.43W 07/11/2020 E1.00 INCH POPE MN PUBLIC PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 235 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0224 PM HAIL 6 SW SEDAN 45.51N 95.34W 07/11/2020 E2.00 INCH POPE MN PUBLIC
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