Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 30, 1967

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 30, 1967
Start: 1967-04-30T03:40
End: 1967-04-30T20:53
Location: Minnesota

April 30, 1967 · 16 events in 8 counties and zones

11 tornado, 5 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

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The toll

Deaths: 13
Injuries: 80
Property damage: $275 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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

11 tornado, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Olmsted

When: April 30, 3:40 AM CST
Where: Olmsted County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 44.080, -92.580

Hail, Hennepin

When: April 30, 12:04 PM CST
Where: Hennepin County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 44.880, -93.180

Hail, Houston

When: April 30, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Houston County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 43.580, -91.500

Tornado, Waseca

When: April 30, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Waseca County
Rating: F2
Path length: 9.2 mi
Path width: 67 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.980, -93.420

Tornado, Steele

When: April 30, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Steele County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.870, -93.200

Tornado, Freeborn

When: April 30, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Freeborn County
Rating: F3
Path length: 12.3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 23 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.670, -93.580

Tornado, Waseca

When: April 30, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Waseca County
Rating: F3
Path length: 6.1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.850, -93.600

Tornado, Freeborn

When: April 30, 6:23 PM CST
Where: Freeborn County
Rating: F4
Path length: 21.7 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 35 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.570, -93.430

Tornado, Freeborn

When: April 30, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Freeborn County
Rating: F4
Path length: 4.6 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.500, -93.120

Tornado, Freeborn

When: April 30, 6:52 PM CST
Where: Freeborn County
Rating: F4
Path length: 1.9 mi
Path width: 267 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.800, -93.520

Tornado, Steele

When: April 30, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Steele County
Rating: F4
Path length: 17 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.850, -93.230

Tornado, Waseca

When: April 30, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Waseca County
Rating: F4
Path length: 18.2 mi
Path width: 267 yd
Deaths: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 22 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.850, -93.500

Hail, Olmsted

When: April 30, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Olmsted County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 44.000, -92.180

Tornado, Mower

When: April 30, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Mower County
Rating: F2
Path length: 3.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.630, -92.930

Tornado, Olmsted

When: April 30, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Olmsted County
Rating: F2
Path length: 6.8 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 43.930, -92.350

Hail,

When: April 30, 8:53 PM CST
Where: County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 43.880, -91.280

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Minnesota in 1967 Every state in 1967 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Minnesota, 1967

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: 10052244, 10052245, 10052246, 10052247, 10052248, 10052249, 10052250, 10052251, 10052252, 10052253, 10052254, 10052255, 10052256, 10052257, 10052258, 10052259.