Thunderstorm Wind, Crow Wing
- When
- August 14, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -94.200
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 14, 1978
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morrison
- When
- August 14, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -94.370
Tornado, Stearns
- When
- August 14, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -94.470
Tornado, Stearns
- When
- August 14, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -94.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- August 14, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Aitkin
- When
- August 14, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Aitkin County
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -93.700
Tornado, Morrison
- When
- August 14, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -94.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- August 14, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Coordinates
- 45.970, -94.350
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- August 14, 7:02 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Coordinates
- 47.570, -92.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Aitkin
- When
- August 14, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Aitkin County
- Coordinates
- 46.980, -93.580
Tornado, St. Louis
- When
- August 14, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 14.5 mi
- Path width
- 120 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 47.920, -91.920
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 14, 1978
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 14, 1978
- Tornado in Colorado, August 14, 1978
- Hail in Texas, August 14, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 14, 1978
- Tornado in North Dakota, August 14, 1978
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: 10054822, 10054823, 10054824, 10054825, 10054826, 10054827, 10054828, 10054829, 10054830, 10054831, 10054832.