Severe storms drop baseball-sized hail, tornadoes in southern Minnesota

It was a wild severe weather evening across southern Minnesota Monday.

Multiple severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings lit up the MPR Weather board. I can’t recall a night with this many warnings in a long time.

Here’s a select list of preliminary storm reports as of Monday evening with severe storms still in progress.

Tornado reports

NWS issued multiple tornado warnings Monday. This confirmed tornadic supercell produced the tornado west of Amboy, Minn.

• 6 W Elmore [Faribault Co., Minn.] Storm Chaser reports Tornado at 13 Apr, 7:20 PM CDT — Tornado on video. Location and time approximate.

Tornado warnings are still in progress as of this post.

Hail reports

Powerful updrafts in the storms produce numerous damaging hail reports across southern Minnesota.

• 6 SE Morristown [Steele Co., Minn.] Trained Spotter reports Hail of teacup size (M3.00 Inch) at April 13, 7:15 p.m. CDT — Photo with measured hail.

• 2 NE Owatonna [Steele Co., Minn.] Public reports Hail of 2.25 Inch at April 13, 7:45 p.m. CDT — Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.).

• 2 W Amboy [Blue Earth Co., Minn.] Public reports Hail of tennis ball size (M2.50 Inch) at 6:44 p.m. CDT — Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.)

• Lake Crystal [Blue Earth Co., Minn.] Trained Spotter reports Hail of teacup size (M3.00 Inch) at April 13, 7:15 p.m. CDT

• 4 NNE Faribault [Rice Co., Minn.] Emergency Mngr reports Hail of teacup size (M3.00 Inch) at 3:53 p.m. CDT

Torrential rains have also triggered flash flood warnings. Our weather will quiet down with the severe risk limited to southeast Minnesota Tuesday.