Hail, Clay
- When
- April 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.880, -96.750
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 26, 1984
20 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 5 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 58
- Property damage
- $58 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 40
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
20 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pipestone
- When
- April 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -96.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Redwood
- When
- April 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -95.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- April 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -94.950
Hail, Murray
- When
- April 26, 4:26 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -95.770
Hail, Lyon
- When
- April 26, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -95.620
Tornado, Stevens
- When
- April 26, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -95.970
Hail, Stevens
- When
- April 26, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.700, -96.030
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- April 26, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.200, -94.200
Hail, Morrison
- When
- April 26, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.180, -94.450
Hail, Stevens
- When
- April 26, 4:39 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.700, -96.020
Tornado, Stevens
- When
- April 26, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 45.770, -95.900
Tornado, Grant
- When
- April 26, 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.5 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 45.780, -95.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine
- When
- April 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -95.800
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- April 26, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -95.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 26, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -95.680
Hail, Stearns
- When
- April 26, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -94.070
Hail, Douglas
- When
- April 26, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -95.680
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- April 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -95.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- April 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 45.880, -95.380
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- April 26, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.200, -94.200
Hail, Morrison
- When
- April 26, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.180, -94.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 26, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 47.170, -94.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 26, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -95.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- April 26, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -94.600
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.930, -94.500
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.020, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- April 26, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -93.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- April 26, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- April 26, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -93.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- April 26, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- April 26, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Coordinates
- 46.850, -92.480
Tornado, Hennepin
- When
- April 26, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 52 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -93.230
Tornado, Ramsey
- When
- April 26, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- April 26, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 45.120, -93.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- April 26, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -92.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabasha
- When
- April 26, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- April 26, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Coordinates
- 46.980, -92.450
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine | 1984-04-26 | Direct | |||
| Tornado, Hennepin | 1984-04-26 | 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 Oklahoma, April 26, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 26, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 26, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, April 26, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 26, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, April 26, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 26, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 26, 1984
- Hail in North Dakota, April 26, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 26, 1984
- Hail in Arkansas, April 26, 1984
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1984Every state in 1984This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1984
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: 10050994, 10050995, 10050996, 10050997, 10050998, 10050999, 10051000, 10051001, 10051002, 10051003, 10051004, 10051005, 10051006, 10051007, 10051008, 10051009, 10051010, 10051011, 10051012, 10051013, 10051014, 10051015, 10051016, 10051017, 10051018, 10051019, 10047411, 10051020, 10051021, 10047412, 10047413, 10047630, 10047631, 10047632, 10047633, 10047634, 10047635, 10047636, 10047637, 10047638.