Hail, Scott
- When
- May 30, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.520
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 1985
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Goodhue
- When
- May 30, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -92.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- May 30, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -92.530
Tornado, Grant
- When
- May 30, 4:28 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -96.150
Hail, Pope
- When
- May 30, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.620, -95.750
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 30, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -95.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- May 30, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -95.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- May 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -94.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- May 30, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -93.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- May 30, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.220
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 Iowa, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 1985
- Hail in Michigan, May 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1985
- Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes in Montana, May 30, 1985
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 30, 1985
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1985
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: 10049121, 10049122, 10049123, 10049124, 10049125, 10049126, 10049127, 10049128, 10049129, 10049130.