Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine
- When
- August 13, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County, Canby
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -95.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was some roof damage.
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 13, 1995
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $130,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- August 13, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, Willmar
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -95.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- August 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County, Anoka
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 45.273, -93.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Multiple roofs damaged. Polebarn destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- August 13, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Mound
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.039, -92.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- August 13, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Stewartville
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- August 13, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County, Kiester
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees down. A mobile home rolled one and one half times before exploding. Windows were sucked out of homes.
Thunderstorm Wind, Freeborn
- When
- August 13, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County, Albert Lea
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was roof damage to a pumphouse and also tree damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- August 13, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, Kasson
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Olmsted
- When
- August 13, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Rochester
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -92.480
Brief tornado touchdown resulted in extensive damage to office plaza roof. Several large trees uprooted. Numerous power lines down.
Hail, Olmsted
- When
- August 13, 10:28 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Eyota
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 13, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 13, 1995
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 13, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 13, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 13, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 13, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 13, 1995
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1995Warnings in Minnesota, August 1995
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: 10331051, 10331328, 10331627, 10330942, 10330833, 10331229, 10331249, 10331216, 10330834, 10330835.