Hail in Dakota County, Minnesota

Hail August 15, 2025 · Dakota County, Minnesota

1.25 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hail was photographed near County Roads 42 and 5. It hailed for roughly five minutes.

The wider storm

An area of scattered storms quickly developed during the afternoon of Friday, August 15th across parts of central Minnesota. As the storms moved east, several of them produced large hail, especially just north, west, and south of the metro. There was only one report of wind damage, which came out of Dakota county.

Began near Burnsville (44.7500, -93.3000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1290157. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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