Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- June 16, 12:42 AM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.980, -94.370
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 16, 1978
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -92.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- June 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.530, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherburne
- When
- June 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.420, -93.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 16, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.280
Hail, Fillmore
- When
- June 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -91.830
Hail, Martin
- When
- June 16, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -94.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- June 16, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -95.100
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- June 16, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -94.630
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1978
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 16, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 16, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 16, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 16, 1978
- Hail in Wyoming, June 16, 1978
- Hail in North Dakota, June 16, 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: 10053666, 10053667, 10053668, 10053669, 10053670, 10053671, 10053672, 10053673, 10053674, 10053675.