Tornado, Norman
- When
- June 21, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 47.380, -96.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 21, 1981
10 tornado, 2 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
- $1.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
10 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lac Qui Parle
- When
- June 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lac Qui Parle County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -95.880
Tornado, Yellow Medicine
- When
- June 21, 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -95.570
Tornado, Redwood
- When
- June 21, 4:04 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 26.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -95.330
Tornado, Redwood
- When
- June 21, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -95.220
Tornado, Redwood
- When
- June 21, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -94.900
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 21, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -94.830
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 21, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.180, -94.570
Hail, Brown
- When
- June 21, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -94.500
Tornado, Watonwan
- When
- June 21, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -94.430
Tornado, Watonwan
- When
- June 21, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -94.720
Hail, Martin
- When
- June 21, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -94.450
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 21, 1981
- Tornado in New Jersey, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 21, 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: 10053807, 10053808, 10053809, 10053810, 10053811, 10053812, 10053813, 10053814, 10053815, 10053816, 10053817, 10053818.