Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 5, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -94.120
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1991
9 hail, 8 tornado, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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, 8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 5, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -96.250
Hail, Chippewa
- When
- July 5, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -95.700
Hail, Itasca
- When
- July 5, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Itasca County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.380, -93.170
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- July 5, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.620, -94.200
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 5, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 46.530, -94.650
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 5, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 43 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.470, -94.350
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- July 5, 6:41 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 46.470, -94.330
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- July 5, 6:59 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -94.200
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- July 5, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.370, -94.050
Hail, Itasca
- When
- July 5, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Itasca County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.230, -93.220
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- July 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.420, -92.950
Tornado, Mille Lacs
- When
- July 5, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.9 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.170, -93.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Mille Lacs
- When
- July 5, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -93.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Kanabec
- When
- July 5, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County
- Coordinates
- 45.880, -93.300
Tornado, Kanabec
- When
- July 5, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -93.350
Hail, Pine
- When
- July 5, 8:46 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -92.870
Hail, Pine
- When
- July 5, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -92.970
Hail, Pine
- When
- July 5, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pine County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -92.970
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Cass | 1991-07-05 | Direct |
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 5, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 5, 1991
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 5, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 5, 1991
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 5, 1991
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 1991
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1991Warnings in Minnesota, July 1991
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: 10050637, 10050638, 10050639, 10050640, 10050641, 10050642, 10050643, 10050644, 10050645, 10050646, 10050647, 10050648, 10050649, 10050650, 10050651, 10050652, 10050653, 10050654, 10050655.