Tornado, Yellow Medicine
- When
- June 28, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 16 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -96.150
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1987
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- June 28, 3:26 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -95.120
Hail, Meeker
- When
- June 28, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -94.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 28, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- June 28, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- June 28, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -93.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- June 28, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -93.020
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- June 28, 4:29 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -93.380
Hail, Ramsey
- When
- June 28, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- June 28, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 28, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -92.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- June 28, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue
- When
- June 28, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -92.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabasha
- When
- June 28, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -92.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- June 28, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 28, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 28, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 28, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 28, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 28, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 28, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 28, 1987
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1987Warnings in Minnesota, June 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: 10049215, 10049216, 10049217, 10049218, 10049219, 10049220, 10049221, 10049222, 10049223, 10049224, 10049225, 10049226, 10049227, 10049228, 10049229.