Summary of the June 9-10th Overnight Wind Damage and Afternoon Large Hail

Overview

Two rounds of severe weather occurred from the evening of June 9th into the early morning of June 10th and later in the afternoon and evening again on June 10th.

Widespread wind damage occurred across western Minnesota during the overnight storms, with the strongest wind report coming out of Lac Qui Parle County at 83 mph near Marietta, MN. Another hard hit area was the northeast Twin Cities metro area, with tree damage being reported from St Paul up towards Shoreview and White Bear Lake and then all the way up to Forest Lake and Chisago City.

The second round of storms were more scattered, but produced large hail (up to 2.5 inches in diameter) and strong winds leading to additional tree damage across the region. Between the two rounds of storms, some areas received upwards of 3" of rain, however no flooding impacts were recorded. One tornado was caught on camera overnight near the Kandiyohi and Pope County line, but no damage was reported, leaving it's rating as EF-U (Unknown).

KMPX Radar Reflectivity from 10pm on June 9th through 10pm on June 10th.

Wind & Hail
Storm Reports

Wind & Hail

While there was one tornado to occur, the majority of impacts were from thunderstorm wind damage and large hail.

Wind

Very strong thunderstorm winds led to widespread tree and other damage across western Minnesota overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. There was additional wind damage Wednesday afternoon in parts of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.


There were several trees damaged along Lobster Lake in Douglas County, MN. Image courtesy of Ally W.	Damage to a pier and boat lift near Parkers Prairie, MN. Image courtesy of Laura E. S.	A train was knocked off the rails near Hoffman, MN. Image courtesy Kevin R.	Tree snapped at its base in White Bear Lake during the early morning storms on June 10th. Image courtesy of Bayler.

Hail

The majority of the hail fell during Wednesday afternoon with two storms in particular producing the largest hail stones in southern Chisago County and northeastern Douglas County.


Hail report (a little less than 1.5" diameter) from Chisago City, MN Wednesday afternoon. (Courtesy of Monica F.K.)	Golf ball sized hail photographed in Glenwood, MN Wednesday afternoon (courtesy of Timmy F.)	Hail larger than a quarter in Chisago Lakes Wednesday afternoon (courtesy of Tracy B.)	Hail roughly the width of a tennis ball fell near Villard, MN Wednesday afternoon (Lacie H.)

Storm Reports

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