Minnesota, 1994Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 1994
July 15, 1994 · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pipestone
- When
- July 15, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County to Hatfield
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -96.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 40 foot by 80 foot machine shed was destroyed and trees were uprooted by strong thunderstorm winds.
Hail, Yellow Medicine
- When
- July 15, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County, Canby
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -95.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado touched down briefly near Canby damaging some buildings on a farmstead and downing several trees.
Tornado, Yellow Medicine
- When
- July 15, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County, Canby
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -96.270
A tornado touched down briefly near Canby damaging some buildings on a farmstead and downing several trees.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 15, 1994$500,000 · 55 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 15, 1994$160,000 · 14 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 15, 1994$165,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 15, 1994$50,000 · F1 · 4 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1994$46,000 · F0 · 23 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 1994$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 8 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, July 15, 1994F0 · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 15, 1994$5,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 15, 19941.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 15, 1994$10,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 15, 1994$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Maine, July 15, 1994$5,000 · 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: 10330920, 10331044, 10331045.