Hail, Carlton
- When
- July 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Carlton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.580, -92.630
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 1981
1 hail, 1 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
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carlton
- When
- July 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Carlton County
- Coordinates
- 46.570, -92.550
Tornado, Koochiching
- When
- July 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Koochiching County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 48.300, -93.750
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
- Tornado in Oklahoma, July 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 16, 1981
- Hail in Arizona, July 16, 1981
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 16, 1981
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: 10051525, 10051526, 10051527.