Hail, Norman
- When
- May 12, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Norman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.300, -96.520
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 12, 1986
11 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
11 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Norman
- When
- May 12, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Norman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.300, -96.520
Tornado, McLeod
- When
- May 12, 2:45 PM CDT
- Where
- McLeod County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.750, -94.370
Hail, Renville
- When
- May 12, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.750, -94.720
Hail, Nobles
- When
- May 12, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -95.800
Hail, Nobles
- When
- May 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nobles County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -95.600
Hail, McLeod
- When
- May 12, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -94.370
Tornado, McLeod
- When
- May 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -94.150
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- May 12, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -93.220
Hail, Anoka
- When
- May 12, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -93.220
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- May 12, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -93.200
Hail, Sibley
- When
- May 12, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -94.230
Hail, McLeod
- When
- May 12, 5:06 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -94.050
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
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1986Warnings in Minnesota, May 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: 10046962, 10046963, 10046966, 10046964, 10046965, 10046967, 10046968, 10046969, 10046970, 10046971, 10046972, 10046973, 10046974.