Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- May 13, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -94.880
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 13, 1987
9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Meeker
- When
- May 13, 4:51 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -94.700
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- May 13, 4:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -93.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- May 13, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -95.300
Hail, Carver
- When
- May 13, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.780
Hail, Mille Lacs
- When
- May 13, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -93.630
Hail, Rice
- When
- May 13, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- May 13, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -93.750
Hail, Dakota
- When
- May 13, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.320
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- May 13, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -93.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- May 13, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- May 13, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -94.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- May 13, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -94.630
Hail, Kanabec
- When
- May 13, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -93.230
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- May 13, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -92.850
Hail, Pine
- When
- May 13, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -92.980
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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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: 10048971, 10048972, 10048973, 10049186, 10049187, 10049188, 10049189, 10049190, 10049191, 10049192, 10049193, 10049194, 10049195, 10049196, 10049197, 10049198.