Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- August 25, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -92.480
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 25, 1983
6 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 25, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 47.780, -96.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- August 25, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -93.270
Tornado, Pennington
- When
- August 25, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 48.000, -96.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Lake
- When
- August 25, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake County
- Coordinates
- 47.970, -96.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Lake
- When
- August 25, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake County
- Coordinates
- 47.870, -96.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 25, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 47.780, -96.620
What these are
- 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 North Dakota, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 25, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 25, 1983
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1983
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: 10049305, 10049306, 10049307, 10049308, 10049309, 10049310, 10049311.