Hail pelted several central Minnesota communities as storms rolled through on Friday afternoon and evening.
A large area of the region was under either a severe thunderstorm warning during the late afternoon or early evening, and several communities were under a tornado warning.
In Fridley, several vehicles stopped on the side of Interstate 694 as hail came down onto the roadway.
A pile of hailstones buried a lawn chair in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Residents in Waite Park were picking up handfuls of hail after storms moved through the Stearns County community…