Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 17, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -93.320
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 17, 1991
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 17, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -93.230
Hail, Otter Tail
- When
- July 17, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Otter Tail County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 46.100, -95.820
Hail, Douglas
- When
- July 17, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.000, -95.680
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- July 17, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.870, -95.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- July 17, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Coordinates
- 45.650, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 17, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -95.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle
- When
- July 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lac Qui Parle County
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -95.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 17, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -95.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 17, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -95.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- July 17, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -95.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- July 17, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -95.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- July 17, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -94.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Sibley
- When
- July 17, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -94.520
What these are
- 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.
- 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: 10050661, 10050662, 10050663, 10050664, 10050665, 10047060, 10047061, 10047062, 10047205, 10047206, 10047207, 10047208, 10047209, 10047210, 10047211.