Hail, Clearwater
- When
- July 10, 1:28 PM CST
- Where
- Clearwater County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.800, -95.480
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 10, 1981
3 tornado, 2 hail, 1 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
- $90
- 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 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clay
- When
- July 10, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.080, -96.820
Tornado, Becker
- When
- July 10, 6:26 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -95.550
Tornado, Mahnomen
- When
- July 10, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mahnomen County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 47.150, -95.950
Tornado, Becker
- When
- July 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 46.970, -95.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Becker
- When
- July 10, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Becker County
- Coordinates
- 46.730, -95.700
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 10, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 10, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 10, 1981
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: 10053854, 10053855, 10053856, 10053857, 10053858, 10055773.