Hail — Cottonwood, Minnesota

2025-09-16 · near Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota

Wider weather episode

With less than 10 knots of deep-layer shear, isolated thunderstorms were very slow moving along existing outflow boundaries and resulted in several complimentary boundary interactions. One such interaction resulted in a stronger and more persistent updraft, with hail up to nickel size across southwest Minnesota.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292623. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.