Hail, Dakota
- When
- May 15, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -93.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1968
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 7 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $825,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Rice
- When
- May 15, 2:28 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -93.230
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- May 15, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.4 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.480, -93.200
Hail, Mower
- When
- May 15, 2:37 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -93.000
Hail, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -93.000
Hail, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -93.000
Hail, Steele
- When
- May 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- May 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 3:07 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -92.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -92.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- May 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -92.780
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -92.080
Hail, Waseca
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Hail, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -92.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.8 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -92.970
Tornado, Steele
- When
- May 15, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15.3 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -93.150
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -92.920
Tornado, Fillmore
- When
- May 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -91.900
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.
- 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 Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 15, 1968
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 15, 1968
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 15, 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: 10053396, 10053397, 10053398, 10053399, 10053400, 10053401, 10053402, 10053403, 10053404, 10053405, 10053406, 10053407, 10053408, 10053409, 10053410, 10053411, 10053412, 10053413, 10053414, 10053415, 10053416, 10053417.