Hail, Carver
- When
- April 29, 12:42 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -93.600
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 29, 1981
4 tornado, 3 hail, 2 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
4 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Scott
- When
- April 29, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- April 29, 2:37 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.150
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- April 29, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.480, -93.130
Tornado, Olmsted
- When
- April 29, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -92.650
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- April 29, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -92.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- April 29, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -92.470
Tornado, Olmsted
- When
- April 29, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 90 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -92.230
Tornado, Olmsted
- When
- April 29, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -92.480
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1981
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: 10054960, 10054961, 10054962, 10054963, 10054964, 10054965, 10054966, 10054967, 10054968.