Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- May 16, 1:00 AM PST
- Where
- Cottonwood County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -95.120
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 16, 1992
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- 12
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 16, 1:05 AM PST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -95.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 16, 1:10 AM PST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -95.000
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- May 16, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.650
Hail, Winona
- When
- May 16, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 16, 3:10 PM PST
- Where
- Winona County
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- May 16, 3:15 PM PST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- May 16, 3:28 PM PST
- Where
- Olmsted County
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -92.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- May 16, 3:37 PM PST
- Where
- Mower County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Fillmore
- When
- May 16, 4:10 PM PST
- Where
- Fillmore County
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -92.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 16, 4:15 PM PST
- Where
- Winona County
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -92.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 16, 4:20 PM PST
- Where
- Winona County
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 16, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 16, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 16, 1992
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, May 16, 1992
- Hail in North Carolina, May 16, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 16, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 16, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 16, 1992
- Tornado in Texas, May 16, 1992
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1992Every state in 1992This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, May 1992
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: 10047256, 10047257, 10047258, 10157339, 10158214, 10047259, 10047260, 10047261, 10047262, 10047263, 10047264, 10047265.