Tornado, Goodhue
- When
- July 27, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -92.720
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 27, 1987
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $5.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- July 27, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -92.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- July 27, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -93.020
Tornado, Rice
- When
- July 27, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -93.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- July 27, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -93.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 27, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -93.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- July 27, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Waseca
- When
- July 27, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Waseca County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 27, 6:14 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -93.850
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 27, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 27, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 27, 1987
- Tornado in California, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 1987
- Hail in Maryland, July 27, 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: 10048982, 10048983, 10048984, 10048985, 10048986, 10048987, 10048988, 10048989, 10048990.