Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- August 24, 12:54 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.500
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 24, 1975
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- August 24, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -92.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Wadena
- When
- August 24, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena County
- Coordinates
- 46.400, -95.020
Hail, Todd
- When
- August 24, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -94.950
Tornado, Itasca
- When
- August 24, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Itasca County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 47.750, -93.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- August 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -94.230
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- August 24, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.380, -92.830
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- August 24, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.850, -92.180
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 Wisconsin, August 24, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 24, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 24, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 24, 1975
- Hail in North Carolina, August 24, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 24, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 24, 1975
- Hail in Mississippi, August 24, 1975
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: 10054766, 10054767, 10054768, 10054769, 10054770, 10054771, 10054772, 10054773.