Hail in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 17 hail reports in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Sunday, September 21, 2025, between 8:06 pm and 9:20 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 1 SW Minnetonka (Hennepin County) at 9:20 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,976 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 119 rated a 100% chance of hail and 308 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Minnetonka 5 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Woodbury 5 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Deephaven 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Hopkins 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Inver Grove Heigh 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Inver Grove Height 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Newport 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- South St. Paul 1 report, up to 1.75 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:06 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNE Inver Grove Heigh | Dakota | (MPX) |
| 8:07 pm | 1.75 | 1 SSE South St. Paul | Dakota | (MPX) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Inver Grove Height | Dakota | Picture sent via X. (MPX) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.50 | 2 N Newport | Ramsey | Had about 2 minutes of 0.5 to 1.5 inch hail. (MPX) |
| 8:14 pm | 1.25 | 2 SW Woodbury | Washington | mPing report. (MPX) |
| 8:17 pm | 2.00 | 1 SSW Woodbury | Washington | Sent via X. (MPX) |
| 8:21 pm | 1.50 | 1 S Woodbury | Washington | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX) |
| 8:21 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Woodbury | Washington | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MPX) |
| 8:21 pm | 1.25 | 1 NE Woodbury | Washington | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MPX) |
| 9:04 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Minnetonka | Hennepin | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MPX) |
| 9:05 pm | 2.00 | 1 N Deephaven | Hennepin | Report and picture sent via X. (MPX) |
| 9:07 pm | 1.75 | 1 SE Deephaven | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 9:12 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNW Hopkins | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 9:14 pm | 1.25 | 1 SSE Minnetonka | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 9:15 pm | 1.75 | 1 SSW Minnetonka | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 9:16 pm | 1.50 | 1 SW Minnetonka | Hennepin | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX) |
| 9:20 pm | 2.00 | 1 SW Minnetonka | Hennepin | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (MPX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,976 signatures from 4 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 119 were rated 100% and 25 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMSP | 1,551 | 60 | 205 | 15 | 2.25 in | 5:48 pm | 11:57 pm |
| KMPX | 223 | 33 | 62 | 6 | 2.50 in | 6:02 pm | 11:59 pm |
| KARX | 127 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 2.50 in | 7:04 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KDLH | 75 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 2.25 in | 5:56 pm | 11:55 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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