Hail, Stearns
- When
- May 24, 8:03 AM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -94.830
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 24, 1989
9 tornado, 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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 tornado, 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crow Wing
- When
- May 24, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Coordinates
- 46.480, -93.950
Hail, Renville
- When
- May 24, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -95.000
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- May 24, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.600, -94.320
Hail, Cass
- When
- May 24, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.600, -94.420
Hail, Pine
- When
- May 24, 2:13 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -92.980
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- May 24, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.850, -92.180
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- May 24, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.500
Tornado, Sibley
- When
- May 24, 3:06 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -94.000
Hail, Dodge
- When
- May 24, 3:06 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.870
Tornado, Nicollet
- When
- May 24, 4:24 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -94.150
Tornado, Nicollet
- When
- May 24, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.330, -93.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- May 24, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -93.570
Tornado, Nicollet
- When
- May 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -93.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Blue Earth
- When
- May 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth County
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -94.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- May 24, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -93.400
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- May 24, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -93.480
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- May 24, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -93.600
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- May 24, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -93.370
Tornado, Steele
- When
- May 24, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Steele County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -93.330
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- May 24, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -93.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Freeborn
- When
- May 24, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -93.200
Hail, Mower
- When
- May 24, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -92.970
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 24, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 24, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 24, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 24, 1989
- Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1989
- Tornado in Idaho, May 24, 1989
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: 10050169, 10051022, 10051023, 10051024, 10051239, 10051240, 10051241, 10051242, 10051243, 10051244, 10051245, 10051246, 10051247, 10051248, 10051249, 10051250, 10051251, 10051252, 10051253, 10051254, 10051255, 10051256, 10051257.