Hail, Anoka
- When
- July 18, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.120, -93.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 18, 1986
6 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hennepin
- When
- July 18, 3:47 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 833 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.280
Hail, Sherburne
- When
- July 18, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.570, -93.600
Hail, Mille Lacs
- When
- July 18, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.570, -93.600
Tornado, Anoka
- When
- July 18, 3:51 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 833 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -93.320
Hail, Washington
- When
- July 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -93.000
Hail, Anoka
- When
- July 18, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.120, -93.230
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- July 18, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -95.400
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, July 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 18, 1986
- Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1986
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1986Warnings in Minnesota, July 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: 10047839, 10047840, 10047841, 10048054, 10048055, 10048056, 10048057, 10048058.