Tornado, Dodge
- When
- July 20, 5:33 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, 8 mi W of Byron
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -92.820
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 20, 1997
3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 7
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), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.
Event by event
3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Dodge
- When
- July 20, 6:00 PM CST to 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, Dodge Center
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- July 20, 6:45 PM CST to 6:47 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, 2 mi SW of Dodge Center
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -92.880
Hail, Winona
- When
- July 20, 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 8 mi S of Utica
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -91.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- July 20, 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 8 mi S of Utica
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -91.970
Funnel Cloud, Winona
- When
- July 20, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 2 mi S of Nodine
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, Fillmore
- When
- July 20, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, 1 mi N of Spring Valley
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Heat in Missouri, July 20, 1997
- Lightning Strikes and Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, July 20 to 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 20, 1997
- Tornado in Iowa, July 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 20, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 20, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 20, 1997
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 20 to 21, 1997
- Funnel Clouds in Wisconsin, July 20, 1997
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 20, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1997Warnings in Minnesota, July 1997
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: 5606844, 5606848, 5606845, 5606846, 5606847, 5606849, 5606850.