Minnesota, 1983Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 3, 1983
July 3, 1983 · NWS AT · 21 events in 9 counties and zones
19 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
19 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Nobles
- When
- July 3, 10:49 AM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 3, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -94.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 3, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -93.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 3, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -94.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- July 3, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- July 3, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 3, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -93.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 3, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 3, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.250, -93.480
Tornado, Anoka
- When
- July 3, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -93.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 3, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -94.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- July 3, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 3, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -93.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 3, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -93.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- July 3, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 3, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -93.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Chisago
- When
- July 3, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chisago County
- Coordinates
- 45.380, -92.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Chisago
- When
- July 3, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chisago County
- Coordinates
- 45.420, -92.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- July 3, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- July 3, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Beltrami
- When
- July 3, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Beltrami County
- Coordinates
- 47.650, -94.900
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, July 3, 198310 injured · $1.7 million · F4 · 98 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 3, 1983$25,000 · F1 · 21 events
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 3, 1983$25,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 3, 19834 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 3, 19834 events
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 3, 19834 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 3, 19833 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 19832 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 3, 19832 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3, 19832 events
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 19831 event
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 3, 19831 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: 10047879, 10047880, 10047881, 10047882, 10047883, 10047884, 10047885, 10047886, 10047887, 10047888, 10047889, 10047890, 10047891, 10047892, 10047893, 10047894, 10047895, 10047896, 10047897, 10047898, 10047899.