Tornado, Lyon
- When
- July 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -95.970
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 1980
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- None recorded
- 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
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lyon
- When
- July 15, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -95.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -95.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Stevens
- When
- July 15, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -95.800
Hail, Renville
- When
- July 15, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -94.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Redwood
- When
- July 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -95.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 15, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.150, -93.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- July 15, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -93.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 15, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- July 15, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -92.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- July 15, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -92.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 15, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -93.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 15, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -93.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- July 15, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -93.320
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Wisconsin, July 15, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 15, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 1980
- Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 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: 10051334, 10051335, 10051336, 10051337, 10051338, 10051339, 10051340, 10051341, 10051342, 10051343, 10051344, 10051345, 10051346, 10051347, 10051348.