Hail and wind reports › August 5, 2024 › Minnesota
Hail and wind reports in Minnesota, August 5, 2024
1 hail, 7 wind and 12 tornado reports; largest hail 1.50 in; strongest gust 58 mph.
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| Time (UTC) | Type | Size / speed | Place | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-05 22:26 | Tornado | 6 E Darfur | Watonwan | EF-1 began 6 E Darfur and continued ESE 2.3 miles. Non-continuous crop damage... trees uprooted... and a power pole damaged. (MPX) | |
| 08-05 22:33 | Tornado | 3 NNE St. James | Watonwan | Multiple reports from trained spotters of a brief tornado north of St James. (MPX) | |
| 08-05 23:04 | Hail | 1.50 in | 2 SE Madelia | Watonwan | Delayed report... time estimated from radar. (MPX) |
| 08-05 23:15 | Wind | damage | Eagle Lake | Blue Earth | Several branches down on power lines. Relayed via County Dispatch. Time estimated from radar. (MPX) |
| 08-05 23:19 | Tornado | 2 WSW Smiths Mill | Blue Earth | EF-1 began 2 WSW Smiths Mill and tracked SE 6.25 miles. Garage door blown in... an empty farm trailer was blown onto its side... numerous trees uprooted or snapped... a (MPX) | |
| 08-05 23:30 | Tornado | 3 N Winnebago | Faribault | Trained spotter report relayed by County Dispatch. (MPX) | |
| 08-05 23:38 | Tornado | 3 S Janesville | Waseca | Spotter report of a large tornado moving ESE just south of Janesville. (MPX) | |
| 08-05 23:45 | Tornado | 3 SE Janesville | Waseca | Several large trees snapped. Relayed via Broadcast Media. Time estimated from radar. (MPX) | |
| 08-05 23:47 | Wind | damage | 5 WSW Waseca | Waseca | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 5 WSW Waseca. Delayed LSR - Photos submitted of damage to destroyed grain bin and crop damage. Time estimated via radar. Esti (MPX) |
| 08-05 23:58 | Tornado | 5 S Waseca | Waseca | EF-1 began 5 S Waseca and tracked ESE 1.4 miles. Multiple large trees were snapped or uprooted. (MPX) | |
| 08-06 00:06 | Wind | damage | 3 W Easton | Faribault | Multiple trees snapped off along highway 109. Time estimated from radar. (MPX) |
| 08-06 00:28 | Tornado | 1 S Wells | Faribault | Time Delayed LSR - An EF-0 tornado uprooted trees and downed large 12 diameter limbs halfway up the base. One fallen limb caused damage to the roof of a house. Crop dam (MPX) | |
| 08-06 00:42 | Wind | 58 mph | 1 S Dodge Center | Dodge | (ARX) |
| 08-06 00:46 | Wind | damage | Berne | Dodge | Tree blown down on County Hwy 24. (ARX) |
| 08-06 00:50 | Tornado | 3 NW Emmons | Freeborn | EF-1 began 3 NW Emmons and tracked E 6.6 miles. Trees uprooted or trunks snapped. Some outbuildings were heavily damaged. One silo was lofted toward a tree line. (MPX) | |
| 08-06 00:59 | Tornado | 4 S Conger | Freeborn | Multiple spotters reporting tornado on the ground. (MPX) | |
| 08-06 01:18 | Tornado | 5 SSE Brownsdale | Mower | An EF-0 tornado was confirmed with a path from southwest to northeast for 1 mile... max winds of 75 mph and width of 30 yards with damage mainly in a farm field just no (ARX) | |
| 08-06 01:43 | Tornado | 5 N Taopi | Mower | EF-0 tornado with max winds of 70 mph located in open fields. Tornado tracked 2 miles east and was on the ground for about 5 minutes. Located with radar and satellite d (ARX) | |
| 08-06 02:03 | Wind | damage | 4 SE Douglas | Olmsted | A medium sized healthy tree was partially uprooted and many other trees were snapped in half - Report from mPing. (ARX) |
| 08-06 02:17 | Wind | damage | Winona | Winona | Tree split lengthwise. Time estimated from radar. (ARX) |
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