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2024 Hennepin County All -Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Volume 2 — Hazard Inventory <br />0 4-inch diameter, northern Anoka County, June 14, 1981 <br />0 4-inch diameter, Zimmerman, Sherburne County, August 27, 1990 <br />• Minnesota: <br />0 6-inch diameter, between Edgerton (Pipestone County) and Chandler (Murray County), <br />July 4, 1968 <br />0 6-inch diameter, near Worthington, Nobles County, July 28, 1986 <br />• US: Record diameter of 8" recorded at Vivian, SD, on July 23, 2010. <br />Costliest hail event <br />• May 15, 1998: $950 million USD in 1998 dollars (-3.1 billion in 2023) from damages in Minnesota <br />resulting from hail, straight-line winds, and isolated tornadoes. Vast majority of losses were from <br />wind -driven hail, which destroyed thousands of new and used vehicles, roofs and siding on <br />thousands of homes. <br />4.3.4.3. Spectrum of consequences <br />2 <br />Hail over one inch in diameter may produce small "dimples" or "pocks" on vehicle exteriors. At 1.5 inches, <br />damage to roofing materials becomes common. At sizes greater than 2", windshields and rear windows <br />are often cracked or shattered, vehicle bodies damaged badly, residential windows may be broken, <br />residential siding welted, and many varieties of roofs badly damaged (Table 4.3.4113) for an example of roof <br />damage thresholds). <br />Although fatalities are uncommon, injuries to the head, shoulders, back, and arms are not. Severe bruising, <br />often in multiple locations, is the most typical type of injury. Drivers and passengers of vehicles also may <br />have cuts and lacerations from flying glass. <br />no <br />