Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 16, 1:37 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -94.880
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 1984
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McLeod
- When
- July 16, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -94.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- July 16, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -94.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 44.180, -96.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Pipestone
- When
- July 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Coordinates
- 44.180, -96.120
Hail, Brown
- When
- July 16, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.250, -94.970
Tornado, Hennepin
- When
- July 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Sueur
- When
- July 16, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -93.580
Hail, Beltrami
- When
- July 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beltrami County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.680, -94.630
Tornado, Steele
- When
- July 16, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -93.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- July 16, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.500
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- July 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -95.170
Hail, Koochiching
- When
- July 16, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Koochiching County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 48.420, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Freeborn
- When
- July 16, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -93.370
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 16, 1984
- Tornado in Colorado, July 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 16, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 16, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 16, 1984
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 16, 1984
- Hail in North Dakota, July 16, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 16, 1984
- Damaging Wind in California, July 16, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 16, 1984
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: 10049909, 10049910, 10049911, 10049912, 10049913, 10049914, 10049915, 10049916, 10049917, 10049918, 10049919, 10049920, 10049921, 10049922.