Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 17, 1962

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Thunderstorm Wind

Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 19623 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 6 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 17, 19621 injured · $50,000 · F2 · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1962$25,000 · F2 · 5 events
• Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 17, 1962$25,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 17, 1962F1 · 3 events
• Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 1962$250 · F1 · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 17, 19621 in hail · 3 events
• Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1962F0 · 2 events
• Hail in Louisiana, May 17, 19621.75 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 19621.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Missouri, May 17, 19621 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in Montana, May 17, 1962F0 · 1 event

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10053242.