Hail, Blue Earth
- When
- July 15, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -93.970
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 1978
10 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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
10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Stevens
- When
- July 15, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.570, -96.220
Hail, Dodge
- When
- July 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.870
Hail, Sibley
- When
- July 15, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.680, -94.020
Hail, Faribault
- When
- July 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -93.730
Hail, Le Sueur
- When
- July 15, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -93.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Sueur
- When
- July 15, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -93.900
Hail, Steele
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -93.250
Hail, Rice
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -93.270
Hail, Goodhue
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -92.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- July 15, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -92.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- July 15, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -92.980
Hail, Mower
- When
- July 15, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -92.980
Hail, Winona
- When
- July 15, 10:24 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- July 15, 10:24 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
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: 10054569, 10054786, 10054787, 10054788, 10054789, 10054790, 10054791, 10054792, 10054793, 10054794, 10054795, 10054796, 10054797, 10054798, 10054799.