The July 13, 2019 hail storm: Lakefield, MN area
Radar detected hail up to 1.25" (half-dollar size) over Minnesota on this day, with 14separate radar signatures of 1"+ hail and 9 communities in the affected area. Radar estimates hail aloft; the sizes below are estimates near each town, not ground-confirmed measurements.
Where the radar saw hail
Each dot is a radar-tracked hail cell, binned to about a mile. Hail falls in swaths around these tracks.
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Communities under this storm
Largest radar-estimated hail near each community that day.
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If your home was in this area
Hail of 1" and larger can damage asphalt shingles, and damage is often invisible from the ground. Most homeowner policies set a deadline to report storm damage, commonly one or two years from the date of loss, so an old storm on this list can still matter if your roof was never inspected after it.
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