Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -95.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 1981
11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 6 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 91
- Property damage
- $53 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 6 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- June 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -95.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Watonwan
- When
- June 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -94.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Watonwan
- When
- June 14, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -94.420
Tornado, Blue Earth
- When
- June 14, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -94.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Blue Earth
- When
- June 14, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -93.920
Tornado, Le Sueur
- When
- June 14, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- June 14, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- June 14, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 96 kt (110 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -93.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- June 14, 5:23 AM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -93.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- June 14, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- June 14, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -93.000
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- June 14, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.430
Tornado, Hennepin
- When
- June 14, 2:49 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.2 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Injuries
- 23 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -93.270
Tornado, Blue Earth
- When
- June 14, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -94.020
Tornado, Ramsey
- When
- June 14, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 60 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.170
Hail, Anoka
- When
- June 14, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.420, -93.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- June 14, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -92.930
Hail, Waseca
- When
- June 14, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -93.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- June 14, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -94.000
Tornado, Wright
- When
- June 14, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -93.980
Hail, Waseca
- When
- June 14, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Hail, Isanti
- When
- June 14, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Isanti County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -93.230
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Ramsey | 1981-06-14 | Direct |
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 14, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 14, 1981
- Tornadoes in Michigan, June 14, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 14, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 14, 1981
- Hail in Kansas, June 14, 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: 10054990, 10054991, 10054992, 10054993, 10054994, 10054995, 10054996, 10053578, 10053791, 10053792, 10053793, 10053794, 10053795, 10053796, 10053797, 10053798, 10053799, 10053800, 10053801, 10053802, 10053803, 10053804, 10053805.