Minnesota, 1981Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 24, 1981
July 24, 1981 · NWS NG · 6 events in 4 counties and zones
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30
- 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
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sherburne
- When
- July 24, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -93.750
Tornado, Martin
- When
- July 24, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -94.500
Hail, Anoka
- When
- July 24, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -93.220
Hail, Sherburne
- When
- July 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -93.600
Hail, Martin
- When
- July 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- July 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -92.530
- 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.
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 24, 1981F1 · 2 events
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 24, 1981$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 24, 19811.75 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 24, 19811.75 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 24, 198171 kt wind · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 24, 19811.75 in hail · 4 events
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 24, 1981F0 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 24, 19811.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 24, 1981F0 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 198169 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 24, 198150 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Utah, July 24, 1981F0 · 1 event
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: 10051547, 10051548, 10051549, 10051550, 10051551, 10051552.