1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large hail devastated about 40 thousand acres of crops in western Lyon County. The area just south of Minneota was the most affected.
Thunderstorm winds caused tree and minor building damage damage and blew down signs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 1997
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: 5602416, 5602582.