Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 1, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 45.870, -95.850
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 1, 1973
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- 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
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- July 1, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.700, -95.150
Thunderstorm Wind, McLeod
- When
- July 1, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- July 1, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- July 1, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -94.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 1, 9:16 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 1, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Sueur
- When
- July 1, 9:38 PM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- July 1, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -92.970
Tornado, Sherburne
- When
- July 1, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -93.580
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.
- 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, July 1, 1973
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, July 1, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 1, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, July 1, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 1973
- Hail in Alabama, July 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 1, 1973
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1973
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: 10055727, 10055728, 10055729, 10055730, 10055731, 10055732, 10055733, 10055734, 10055735, 10055736.