Minnesota, 1988Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 2, 1988
August 2, 1988 · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Carver
- When
- August 2, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- August 2, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -93.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- August 2, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.220
Hail, Rock
- When
- August 2, 6:01 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -96.220
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 2, 19881.75 in hail · 11 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 2, 19889 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 19881.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 19881.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 2, 19881.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2, 19881.5 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 2, 198852 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 2, 19880.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, August 2, 198858 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail in North Dakota, August 2, 19880.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 2, 198852 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Utah, August 2, 198855 kt wind · 1 event
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: 10050119, 10050120, 10050121, 10050122.