Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- July 11, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -92.650
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1980
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $5.0 million
- 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
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Red Lake
- When
- July 11, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 47.930, -96.380
Tornado, Pennington
- When
- July 11, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 47.950, -96.320
Hail, Sherburne
- When
- July 11, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.420, -94.020
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- July 11, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -93.670
Hail, Dodge
- When
- July 11, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -93.420
Hail, Goodhue
- When
- July 11, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -92.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- July 11, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -92.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- July 11, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -92.750
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- July 11, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -92.480
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, July 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 11, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in New York, July 11, 1980
- Hail in Maine, July 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 11, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 11, 1980
- Hail in Vermont, July 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 11, 1980
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 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: 10051319, 10051320, 10051321, 10051322, 10051323, 10051324, 10051325, 10051326, 10051327, 10051328.