Thunderstorm Wind, Blue Earth
- When
- June 13, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -94.070
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 1983
13 thunderstorm wind, 11 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
- $2.7 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nobles
- When
- June 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Nobles
- When
- June 13, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -95.470
Thunderstorm Wind, McLeod
- When
- June 13, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -94.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- June 13, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -94.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- June 13, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -94.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- June 13, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.420, -94.420
Tornado, Martin
- When
- June 13, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.520
Tornado, Sibley
- When
- June 13, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -94.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Sibley
- When
- June 13, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -94.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- June 13, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 46.330, -94.420
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 13, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- June 13, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -94.450
Tornado, Hennepin
- When
- June 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -93.650
Tornado, Blue Earth
- When
- June 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -94.320
Tornado, Sherburne
- When
- June 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -93.580
Tornado, McLeod
- When
- June 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -94.420
Tornado, Sibley
- When
- June 13, 8:02 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -94.180
Tornado, McLeod
- When
- June 13, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -94.370
Tornado, Carver
- When
- June 13, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- June 13, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -94.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Nicollet
- When
- June 13, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -94.350
Tornado, Waseca
- When
- June 13, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -93.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Sueur
- When
- June 13, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -93.720
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 Nebraska, June 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 13, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 13, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 13, 1983
- Tornado in Colorado, June 13, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 13, 1983
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: 10050071, 10050072, 10050073, 10050074, 10050075, 10050076, 10050077, 10050078, 10050079, 10050080, 10050081, 10050082, 10050083, 10050084, 10050085, 10050086, 10050087, 10050088, 10050089, 10050090, 10050091, 10050092, 10050093, 10050094.