Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkin
- When
- July 20, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wilkin County
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -96.400
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 20, 1987
9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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
9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 20, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.570, -96.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 20, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 20, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.430, -95.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Otter Tail
- When
- July 20, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -95.720
Hail, Wadena
- When
- July 20, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wadena County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.380, -94.930
Hail, Todd
- When
- July 20, 5:40 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.350, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Itasca
- When
- July 20, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Itasca County
- Coordinates
- 47.600, -93.750
Tornado, Chisago
- When
- July 20, 7:32 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -92.980
Hail, Wright
- When
- July 20, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -93.680
Hail, Dakota
- When
- July 20, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.320
Hail, Wright
- When
- July 20, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -93.900
Hail, Dakota
- When
- July 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.150
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- July 20, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- July 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.770
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 20, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -95.230
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- July 20, 9:19 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -93.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- July 20, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -96.220
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 20, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 20, 1987
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 20, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 20, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, July 20, 1987
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1987Warnings in Minnesota, July 1987
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: 10050341, 10050342, 10050343, 10050344, 10050345, 10050346, 10050347, 10050348, 10050349, 10050350, 10050351, 10050352, 10050353, 10050354, 10050355, 10050356, 10050357, 10050358.