Hail, Big Stone
- When
- June 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Big Stone County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -96.480
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1974
12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Swift
- When
- June 18, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Swift County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -96.030
Hail, Lac Qui Parle
- When
- June 18, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lac Qui Parle County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -96.020
Hail, Dodge
- When
- June 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -92.770
Hail, Nicollet
- When
- June 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -93.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- June 18, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -92.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Sibley
- When
- June 18, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -94.200
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- June 18, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -92.470
Hail, Lyon
- When
- June 18, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -95.880
Tornado, Olmsted
- When
- June 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -92.580
Hail, Le Sueur
- When
- June 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -93.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Blue Earth
- When
- June 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -93.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- June 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.500
Hail, Lyon
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -95.770
Hail, Waseca
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -93.520
Hail, Freeborn
- When
- June 18, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -93.380
Hail, Freeborn
- When
- June 18, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -93.220
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
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: 10052433, 10052434, 10052435, 10052436, 10052437, 10053291, 10053292, 10053293, 10053507, 10053508, 10053509, 10053510, 10053511, 10053512, 10053513, 10053514, 10053515.