Hail, Le Sueur
- When
- June 20, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -93.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1968
6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $28,000
- 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
6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- June 20, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -94.780
Hail, Wadena
- When
- June 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.380, -95.000
Hail, Wadena
- When
- June 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.380, -94.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- June 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.080
Tornado, Rice
- When
- June 20, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -93.420
Hail, Dakota
- When
- June 20, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- June 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- June 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -93.180
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 20, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 20, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -92.780
Tornado, Winona
- When
- June 20, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.000
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, June 20, 1968
- Tornado in Texas, June 20, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 20, 1968
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 20, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 20, 1968
- Hail in Maine, June 20, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 20, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 20, 1968
- Hail in Wyoming, June 20, 1968
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: 10052733, 10052734, 10052735, 10052736, 10052737, 10052738, 10052739, 10052740, 10052741, 10052742, 10052743, 10052744.