Thunderstorm Wind, Lac Qui Parle
- When
- August 23, 2:54 AM CST
- Where
- Lac Qui Parle County, Madison
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -96.200
Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 23, 1998
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 6
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 Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:52 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Swift
- When
- August 23, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Swift County, Appleton Arpt
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- ARPT EQUIP(AWOS,ASOS)
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- August 23, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, Clara City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -95.370
Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- August 23, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, Willmar
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -95.050
Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Sibley
- When
- August 23, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Sibley County, Arlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.600, -94.080
Hail, Scott
- When
- August 23, 5:22 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Blakeley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -93.850
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 23, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, August 23, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Flood in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1998
- Rip Current in Delaware, August 23 to 29, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, August 23, 1998
- Heat in Missouri, August 23 to 25, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, August 23, 1998
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, August 1998
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: 5659578, 5659579, 5659580, 5659581, 5659582, 5659583.