Hail — Goodhue, Minnesota

2023-07-22 · near Kenyon, Goodhue, Minnesota

Event narrative

Mix of quarter to half-dollar sized hail. Picture via Twitter.

Wider weather episode

A subltle shortwave trough within northwest flow moved across the region and provided enought lift for scattered afternoon thunderstorms. There was sufficient MLCAPE (1500 J/kg) and Effective Shear (30kts) for some stronger updrafts that produced severe hail and damaging wind gusts. Overall these storms were relatively short lived and died off once the outflow undercut the updraft.

Of particular note, in Elk River a tree feel on a tent where there was a birthday party ongoing. There were 3 minor injuries.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (44.2400, -92.9900)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1103335. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.