Thunderstorm Wind, Le Sueur
- When
- July 11, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -93.900
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1987
22 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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
- None recorded
- 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
22 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Steele
- When
- July 11, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 11, 2:38 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 44.330, -96.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 11, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -96.180
Hail, Lyon
- When
- July 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 11, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -96.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- July 11, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -95.220
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -95.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Nicollet
- When
- July 11, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- July 11, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.270, -94.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- July 11, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Measured
- 76 kt (87 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -93.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherburne
- When
- July 11, 5:55 AM CST
- Where
- Sherburne County
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 11, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -93.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Isanti
- When
- July 11, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Isanti County
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -93.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Kanabec
- When
- July 11, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County
- Coordinates
- 45.880, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- July 11, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -93.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Pine
- When
- July 11, 8:07 AM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -92.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- July 11, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -94.080
Hail, Faribault
- When
- July 11, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -94.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- July 11, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -93.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- July 11, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Freeborn
- When
- July 11, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -93.580
Tornado, Winona
- When
- July 11, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -91.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Pipestone
- When
- July 11, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Murray
- When
- July 11, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -95.970
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 11, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -96.130
Hail, Redwood
- When
- July 11, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -95.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Sibley
- When
- July 11, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -94.220
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Michigan, July 11, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 11, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 11, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 11, 1987
- Hail in New Jersey, July 11, 1987
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: 10049244, 10049245, 10049246, 10049247, 10049248, 10049249, 10049250, 10049251, 10049252, 10050099, 10050100, 10050101, 10050315, 10050316, 10050317, 10050318, 10050319, 10050320, 10050321, 10050322, 10050323, 10050324, 10050325, 10050326, 10050327, 10050328, 10050329, 10050330.