Tornado, Pope
- When
- July 4, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.650, -95.370
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 4, 1966
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $278,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pope
- When
- July 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -95.500
Hail, Becker
- When
- July 4, 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.780, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -96.000
Tornado, Wadena
- When
- July 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 46.330, -95.430
Tornado, Todd
- When
- July 4, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 46.170, -95.030
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- July 4, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- July 4, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -94.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- July 4, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherburne
- When
- July 4, 10:33 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -94.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- July 4, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 4, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -95.180
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 4, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 1966
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 4, 1966
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 4, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 4, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 4, 1966
- Hail in New Jersey, July 4, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 4, 1966
- Hail in Montana, July 4, 1966
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1966Every state in 1966This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1966
Sources
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: 10055592, 10055593, 10055594, 10055595, 10055596, 10055597, 10055598, 10055599, 10055600, 10055601, 10055602, 10055603.