Hail, Grant
- When
- July 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.080, -96.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 18, 1970
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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
- 7
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Grant
- When
- July 18, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.780, -95.780
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- July 18, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -95.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Swift
- When
- July 18, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Swift County
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 18, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -95.000
Tornado, Benton
- When
- July 18, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -94.250
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- July 18, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- July 18, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -93.900
Tornado, Anoka
- When
- July 18, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -93.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- July 18, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.500
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
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 18, 1970
- Hail in Maine, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 18, 1970
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: 10052318, 10052319, 10052320, 10052321, 10052322, 10052323, 10052324, 10052325, 10052326, 10052327.