Hail, Redwood
- When
- April 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -94.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 20, 1985
19 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 28
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 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Scott
- When
- April 20, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -93.670
Hail, Pipestone
- When
- April 20, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -96.320
Hail, Scott
- When
- April 20, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.520
Tornado, Pipestone
- When
- April 20, 8:19 PM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -96.100
Tornado, Murray
- When
- April 20, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -96.080
Hail, Martin
- When
- April 20, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.570
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- April 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -94.720
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- April 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.480
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- April 20, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -93.370
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- April 20, 8:52 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -94.450
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- April 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -93.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- April 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -93.900
Hail, Morrison
- When
- April 20, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -94.620
Hail, Redwood
- When
- April 20, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -95.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Redwood
- When
- April 20, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -95.250
Hail, Cottonwood
- When
- April 20, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -95.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- April 20, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -95.200
Hail, Cottonwood
- When
- April 20, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -94.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- April 20, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -94.930
Hail, Watonwan
- When
- April 20, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -94.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Watonwan
- When
- April 20, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Watonwan County
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -94.630
Hail, Carver
- When
- April 20, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -93.920
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 20, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -95.100
Hail, Martin
- When
- April 20, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- April 20, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.470
Hail, Martin
- When
- April 20, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- April 20, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.730
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10051049, 10051050, 10051051, 10051052, 10051053, 10051054, 10051055, 10051056, 10051057, 10051058, 10051059, 10051060, 10051061, 10051062, 10051063, 10051064, 10051065, 10051066, 10051067, 10051068, 10051069, 10051070, 10051071, 10051072, 10051073, 10051074, 10051075, 10051076.