Severe Weather Awareness Week - April 16-20

Severe Storms, Lightning and Winds

• Thunderstorms, hail, straight line winds cause extensive damage in Minnesota every year.  The annual toll from hail alone is about $1 billion nationally.
• Lightning kills and injures more people than any other summer weather threat!
• 47 lightning fires took place in homes and business structures in 2007, resulting in damages of about $2.3 million.