Dakota County hail damage: supercell thunderstorm over a farm field like the October 28, 2026 storms

October 28 Tornado-Warned Storms Dropped Golf-Ball Hail on Dakota County: What Hampton, New Trier, and Hastings Homeowners Should Check Now

Severe weather is not supposed to happen two days before Halloween in Minnesota, but Wednesday evening it did. A Tornado Watch covered the Twin Cities metro and western Wisconsin until 9 p.m. on October 28. Then the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for Dakota and Goodhue counties as a rotating storm tracked over…