Tornado, Polk
- When
- July 9, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.580, -95.730
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 1966
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dakota
- When
- July 9, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 9, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 47.880, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Clearwater
- When
- July 9, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clearwater County
- Coordinates
- 47.500, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- July 9, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.780, -92.180
Tornado, Nobles
- When
- July 9, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -95.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- July 9, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -93.000
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 9, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, July 9, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 9, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 9, 1966
- Hail in Kentucky, July 9, 1966
- Hail in South Carolina, July 9, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 9, 1966
More
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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: 10055608, 10055609, 10055610, 10055611, 10055612, 10055613, 10055614.