Tornado, Nobles
- When
- April 26, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -95.930
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 26, 1986
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nobles
- When
- April 26, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -95.680
Hail, Brown
- When
- April 26, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.250, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Murray
- When
- April 26, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- April 26, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -95.050
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- April 26, 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -95.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- April 26, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, McLeod
- When
- April 26, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -94.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- April 26, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -94.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- April 26, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -93.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- April 26, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- April 26, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- April 26, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- April 26, 10:13 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Hail, Rice
- When
- April 26, 10:22 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- April 26, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- April 26, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- April 26, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -93.730
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 26, 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, April 26, 1986
- Hail in Texas, April 26, 1986
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1986Warnings in Minnesota, April 1986
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: 10046941, 10046942, 10046943, 10046944, 10046945, 10046946, 10046947, 10046948, 10046949, 10046950, 10046951, 10046952, 10046953, 10046954, 10046955, 10046956, 10046957, 10046958.