Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- June 16, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -95.100
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1979
16 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Pipestone
- When
- June 16, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -96.320
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- June 16, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -95.700
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- June 16, 5:40 AM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -95.220
Tornado, Pipestone
- When
- June 16, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -96.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- June 16, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -96.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Pipestone
- When
- June 16, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -96.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Murray
- When
- June 16, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -95.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine
- When
- June 16, 6:56 AM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County
- Coordinates
- 44.750, -95.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- June 16, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Redwood
- When
- June 16, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -95.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Nobles
- When
- June 16, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- June 16, 8:35 AM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Coordinates
- 44.750, -94.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Aitkin
- When
- June 16, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Aitkin County
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, McLeod
- When
- June 16, 9:12 AM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -94.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- June 16, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -94.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 16, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -93.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- June 16, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 16, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -93.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 16, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -93.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- June 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -93.220
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 16, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 16, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 16, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, June 16, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 16, 1979
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: 10051476, 10051477, 10051478, 10051479, 10051480, 10051481, 10051482, 10051483, 10051484, 10051485, 10051486, 10051487, 10051488, 10051489, 10051490, 10051491, 10051492, 10051493, 10051494, 10051495, 10051496.