Hail — Goodhue, Minnesota

2023-05-06 · near Frontenac, Goodhue, Minnesota

Event narrative

The maximum hail size was 1.0 inches southeast of Frontenac.

Wider weather episode

During the afternoon of May 06 a weak frontal boundary was draped across western Minnesota. Afternoon clearing allowed a few hundred Joules of MLCAPE to develop, and storm relative helicity increased along and north of the boundary. A few rotating thunderstorms developed and produced several brief, weak tornadoes, along with one report of quarter size hail. This was a low end severe weather event, with little impacts.

The only damage report was to an out building. Video shows part of the roof being blown off.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (44.4900, -92.3200)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1098709. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.