Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 3.14
-- Width 25
State MINNESOTA
County/Area WRIGHT
WFO MPX
Begin Date 05/10/2011 18:55:00 CST-6
Begin Range 2
Begin Azimuth W
Begin Location HANOVER
Begin Lat/Lon 45.17/-93.7
End Date 05/10/2011 19:01:00 CST-6
End Range 1
End Azimuth WSW
End Location ST MICHAEL
End Lat/Lon 45.22/-93.69
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 500.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative During the late afternoon of Tuesday, May 10th, a line of severe thunderstorms developed along the leading edge of a strong dry line moving across southern and central Minnesota. Once the thunderstorms developed, several became super cells and produced large hail across portions of the Twin Cities metro area, then northwest along the Mississippi River valley, and north to Mille Lacs Lake. Numerous reports of golf ball size hail occurred with these storms, along with an isolated tornado near St. Michael, Minnesota.
Event Narrative One home lost part of its roof, and others lost shingles. Several homes had windows blown in. Several dozen trees and a number of power poles were broken or knocked down. Siding and soffits were ripped off a few houses. Numerous backyard fences were blown over. A pole barn was lifted up about three feet before being set back down. The tornado was photographed and videotaped by several people. The condensation funnel was not fully extended, and the debris cloud never extended as high as the condensation funnel. The tornado was a marginal EF-1, with winds near 90 mph.


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 500.00K 0.00K
BOWLUS MORRISON CO. MN 05/10/2011 17:27 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST JOSEPH STEARNS CO. MN 05/10/2011 17:30 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BOWLUS MORRISON CO. MN 05/10/2011 17:38 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST JOSEPH STEARNS CO. MN 05/10/2011 17:43 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST JOSEPH STEARNS CO. MN 05/10/2011 17:44 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CLEAR LAKE SHERBURNE CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:04 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CLEAR LAKE SHERBURNE CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:05 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ELLENDALE STEELE CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:09 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JAKEVILLE BENTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:13 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BUFFALO MUNI ARPT WRIGHT CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:20 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MERRIAM SCOTT CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:33 CST-6 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOLEY BENTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:35 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST MICHAEL WRIGHT CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:36 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST MICHAEL WRIGHT CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:38 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHASKA CARVER CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:40 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOLEY BENTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:43 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHASKA CARVER CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:43 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHANHASSEN CARVER CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:48 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
OAK PARK BENTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:50 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:52 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHANHASSEN HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:53 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
OAK PARK BENTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:54 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HANOVER WRIGHT CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:55 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 500.00K 0.00K
EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:55 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:56 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST MICHAEL WRIGHT CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:58 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
RONNEBY BENTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:58 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHANHASSEN CARVER CO. MN 05/10/2011 18:58 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ELK RIVER SHERBURNE CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:00 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FLYING CLOUD ARPT HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:03 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EDINA HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:03 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:03 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:05 CST-6 Hail 2.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WEBSTER RICE CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:07 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
RICHFIELD HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:10 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EDINA HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:10 CST-6 Hail 1.90 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
OTSEGO WRIGHT CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:13 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HOPKINS HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:15 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ALBERTVILLE WRIGHT CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:15 CST-6 Hail 2.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
OAK PARK BENTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:15 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EDINA HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:20 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ZIMMERMAN SHERBURNE CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:24 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST LOUIS PARK HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:25 CST-6 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MINNEAPOLIS HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:25 CST-6 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ELK RIVER SHERBURNE CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:25 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
GOLDEN VLY HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:28 CST-6 Hail 2.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST LOUIS PARK HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:28 CST-6 Hail 2.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MORNINGSIDE HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:29 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PEASE MILLE LACS CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:30 CST-6 Hail 3.20 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST LOUIS PARK HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:30 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ESTES BROOK MILLE LACS CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:32 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOREST LAKE WASHINGTON CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:35 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PEASE MILLE LACS CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:37 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MINNEAPOLIS HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:38 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MINNEAPOLIS HENNEPIN CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:52 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BLAINE ANOKA CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:55 CST-6 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MILACA MILLE LACS CO. MN 05/10/2011 19:58 CST-6 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ELK RIVER SHERBURNE CO. MN 05/10/2011 20:00 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ST FRANCIS ANOKA CO. MN 05/10/2011 20:00 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PEASE MILLE LACS CO. MN 05/10/2011 20:15 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MILACA MILLE LACS CO. MN 05/10/2011 20:18 CST-6 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BRAHAM ISANTI CO. MN 05/10/2011 21:17 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BRANCH CHISAGO CO. MN 05/10/2011 21:50 CST-6 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NORTH BRANCH CHISAGO CO. MN 05/10/2011 22:14 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 500.00K 0.00K