Tornado, Kandiyohi
- When
- June 13, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -94.830
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1981
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $250,000
- 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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Isanti
- When
- June 13, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Isanti County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -93.470
Hail, Rock
- When
- June 13, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -96.080
Tornado, Cottonwood
- When
- June 13, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -95.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Redwood
- When
- June 13, 9:21 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -95.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- June 13, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- June 13, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -93.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- June 13, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -93.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 13, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -92.980
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1981
- Tornado in Iowa, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 13, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, June 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 13, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 13, 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: 10054981, 10054982, 10054983, 10054984, 10054985, 10054986, 10054987, 10054988, 10054989.