Hail, Grant
- When
- August 6, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -95.980
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 6, 1980
14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Douglas
- When
- August 6, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.970, -95.600
Hail, Pope
- When
- August 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.620, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- August 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Coordinates
- 45.620, -95.630
Hail, Wilkin
- When
- August 6, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.270, -96.580
Hail, Stearns
- When
- August 6, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -95.000
Hail, Grant
- When
- August 6, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -95.980
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- August 6, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -94.950
Hail, Stearns
- When
- August 6, 7:07 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -95.120
Hail, Meeker
- When
- August 6, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.150, -94.700
Hail, Pope
- When
- August 6, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.620, -95.520
Hail, Meeker
- When
- August 6, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -94.530
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- August 6, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.250, -95.050
Hail, Douglas
- When
- August 6, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- August 6, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -94.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- August 6, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.120, -94.500
Hail, Stearns
- When
- August 6, 11:57 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.730, -94.170
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Hail in North Dakota, August 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 6, 1980
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: 10051365, 10051366, 10051367, 10051368, 10051369, 10051370, 10051371, 10051372, 10051373, 10051374, 10051375, 10051376, 10051377, 10051378, 10051379, 10054639, 10054640.