Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- June 18, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -95.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1973
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 18, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -95.100
Hail, Martin
- When
- June 18, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -94.700
Tornado, Waseca
- When
- June 18, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -93.680
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- June 18, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -93.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- June 18, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Chisago
- When
- June 18, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -93.000
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 18, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 18, 1973
- Hail in Texas, June 18, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 18, 1973
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: 10055714, 10055715, 10055716, 10055717, 10055718, 10055719, 10055720.