Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- August 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County, Greenleaf
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -94.500
Power lines blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 15, 1997
8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Meeker
- When
- August 15, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County, Dassel
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -94.320
Hail, Meeker
- When
- August 15, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County, Dassel
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -94.320
Hail, Wright
- When
- August 15, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County, 2 mi W of Cokato
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -94.230
Hail, Wright
- When
- August 15, 4:06 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County, 1 mi E of Cokato
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -94.180
Funnel Cloud, Sibley
- When
- August 15, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Sibley County, 5 mi E of Green Isle
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -94.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Mille Lacs
- When
- August 15, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County, Princeton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.570, -93.600
Thunderstorm winds of 50 to 60 mph also reported.
Hail, Scott
- When
- August 15, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 3 mi S of Lydia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -93.500
Hail, Scott
- When
- August 15, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Jordan
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -93.630
Thunderstorm Wind, McLeod
- When
- August 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- McLeod County, Glencoe
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.770, -94.150
Trees blown down onto car. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Jordan
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -93.630
Mobile home damaged.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 5 mi S of Prior Lake
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -93.420
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Scott
- When
- August 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Spring Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -93.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Spring Lake
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -93.470
Hail, Dakota
- When
- August 15, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County, 3 mi S of Miesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -92.800
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 5618139, 5618140, 5618141, 5618149, 5618142, 5618150, 5618143, 5618151, 5618144, 5614610, 5614611, 5618145, 5618146, 5618147, 5618148.