Tornado, Clay
- When
- July 12, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 46.730, -96.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 1978
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 15
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 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- July 12, 3:43 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 12, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.570, -96.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Beltrami
- When
- July 12, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Beltrami County
- Coordinates
- 47.480, -94.900
Tornado, Meeker
- When
- July 12, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.5 mi
- Path width
- 90 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -94.550
Hail, Beltrami
- When
- July 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Beltrami County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.480, -94.900
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 12, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 46.500, -94.650
Tornado, Wadena
- When
- July 12, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 46.630, -94.870
Hail, Anoka
- When
- July 12, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -93.400
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- July 12, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -93.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- July 12, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -93.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 12, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -93.400
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- July 12, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.300, -93.820
Hail, Freeborn
- When
- July 12, 10:12 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -93.470
Hail, Faribault
- When
- July 12, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -93.770
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1978Every state in 1978This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1978
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: 10053704, 10053705, 10053706, 10053707, 10053708, 10053709, 10053710, 10053711, 10053712, 10053713, 10053714, 10053715, 10053716, 10054567, 10054568.