Tornado, Rock
- When
- July 25, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, Luverne
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -96.220
Law enforcement reported a brief tornado touchdown near Interstate 90 south of Luverne.
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 1995
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $18,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rock
- When
- July 25, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, Hills
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -96.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down a large tree onto a truck.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- July 25, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, Hardwick
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -96.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Winds of unknown speed blew down trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- July 25, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, Luverne
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -96.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down a large tree onto a truck.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rock
- When
- July 25, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, Beaver Creek
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -96.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down trees.
Hail, Cottonwood
- When
- July 25, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County, Windom
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.007, -95.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- July 25, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County, Cottonwood Lake
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.007, -95.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down trees.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- July 25, 5:00 PM CST to 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Jackson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -95.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail caused undetermined crop damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Sueur
- When
- July 25, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County, Montgomery
- Coordinates
- 44.371, -93.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large number of mature trees snapped and uprooted. Farm buildings and severe crop damage reported six miles southeast of Montgomery.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 25, 1995
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 25, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 25, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 25, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 25, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 25, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, July 25, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 25, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 25, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 25, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 25, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, July 25, 1995
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1995Warnings in Minnesota, July 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: 10329816, 10329817, 10329818, 10329819, 10329820, 10329281, 10329282, 10331313, 10331362.