More chase logs from back in the day.....


September 21st, 2007.  A date, which will live in infamy because of all the hail damage reports that came from the Fargo area that night.

So, my weather radio goes off at 3am.  Why?  Because we have a beast of a supercell with 70+ kg/m2 of vil dropping 3+ inch hail approaching Cass county.

So, what do I do?

Decide that I do not want hail damage.

What do I do?

"I'm a storm chaser, and if I can FIND my way into hail, I sure as hail can find my way OUT of hail!"

So I grabbed the laptop and took a stroll down I-29 at 3am.  C'mon.  All the cool kids were doing it.

As I sat down south of Christine, ND waiting for the storm to pass, I turned on my Ham radio.  Yep, lots of hail reports.

When I got home, here's what I was greeted with:

Other people in the area, however were not so lucky.

Time	Size	Location	County	State	Lat	Lon	Comments

0715	100	7 NE PERHAM	OTTER TAIL	MN	4667	9547	QUARTER-SIZE HAIL INTERMITTENT FOR APPROX ONE-HALF HOUR. A FEW THREE-INCH DIAMETER LIMBS BROKEN OFF TREES. (FGF)
0745	75	VALLEY CITY	BARNES	ND	4692	9801	(FGF)
0755	100	1 E HORACE	CASS	ND	4676	9688	(FGF)
0810	300	FARGO	CASS	ND	4688	9682	3.50 INCH HAIL FELL AT THE INTERSECTION OF 19TH STREET SOUTH AND 33RD AVENUE SOUTH. (FGF)
0813	175	6 SE PARK RAPIDS	HUBBARD	MN	4686	9497	DEPUTY CALLED IN REPORT OF HAIL RANGING FROM PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL BETWEEN 313 AM AND 330 AM (FGF)
0817	300	MOORHEAD	CLAY	MN	4686	9676	REPORT PASSED BY KFGO IN FARGO (FGF)

0455	275	8 NE WHEATON	TRAVERSE	MN	4589	9638	LAW OFFICER REPORTED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL HAIL ON THE GROUND. (ABR)
0510	200	1 E TINTAH	TRAVERSE	MN	4601	9630	(ABR)
0520	200	6 W WENDELL	GRANT	MN	4604	9623	(FGF)
0614	75	BATTLE LAKE	OTTER TAIL	MN	4629	9572	(FGF)
0626	100	4 NE FERGUS FALLS	OTTER TAIL	MN	4632	9601	(FGF)

Ouch anyone?