Thunderstorm Wind, Nicollet
- When
- June 10, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -94.680
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 1968
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- June 10, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -94.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Blue Earth
- When
- June 10, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- June 10, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.680
Hail, Dodge
- When
- June 10, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- June 10, 4:12 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.500
Tornado, Kanabec
- When
- June 10, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.730, -93.320
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 10, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.500
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Kanabec | 1968-06-10 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 10, 1968
- Hail in Texas, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 10, 1968
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1968Every state in 1968This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1968
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: 10053426, 10053427, 10053428, 10053429, 10053430, 10053431, 10053432, 10052508.