Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 26, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -96.130
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 26, 1980
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Redwood
- When
- May 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -95.100
Hail, Redwood
- When
- May 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -95.380
Hail, Cottonwood
- When
- May 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -95.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- May 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -95.120
Hail, Cottonwood
- When
- May 26, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -95.320
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 26, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 26, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 26, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 26, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 26, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 26, 1980
- Hail in Iowa, May 26, 1980
- Hail in Arkansas, May 26, 1980
- Tornado in Montana, May 26, 1980
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1980Every state in 1980This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1980
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: 10053774, 10053775, 10053776, 10053777, 10053778, 10053779.