Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- July 14, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County, Long Prairie
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.970, -94.870
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 28
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), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
Event by event
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- July 14, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County, Belle Prairie
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.050, -94.330
Tree limbs blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Douglas
- When
- July 14, 5:25 PM CST to 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Melby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 46.070, -95.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- July 14, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, 2 mi NE of Forada
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.820, -95.330
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Stevens
- When
- July 14, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County, Morris
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -95.930
Tree blown down on University campus. Estimated windspeed.
Flash Flood, Pope
- When
- July 14, 7:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County, Glenwood
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.586, -95.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street and basement flooding.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- July 14, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County, Glenwood
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.650, -95.400
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Swift
- When
- July 14, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Swift County, Benson
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -95.620
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 14, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, Willmar
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -95.050
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 14, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, Raymond
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -95.230
Tree blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Tornado, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 14, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, Blomkest
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -95.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Chippewa
- When
- July 14, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, Montevideo
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.950, -95.720
Power outages. Large branches down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- July 14, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Sacred Heart
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -95.350
Street lamps blown over. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Anoka
- When
- July 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County, Fridley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -93.250
Tree blown down along East River Rd. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine
- When
- July 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County, Clarkfield
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Yellow Medicine
- When
- July 14, 9:01 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County, Granite Falls
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -95.550
Trees and power lines blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Yellow Medicine
- When
- July 14, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine County, Echo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -95.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 14, 9:13 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County, Minnetonka
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Hennepin
- When
- July 14, 9:18 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County, Mound
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -93.670
Trees and power lines blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- July 14, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County, Waconia
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.850, -93.780
Golf dome blown down and deflated. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- July 14, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County, Vadnais Hgts
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -93.080
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 14, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Shakopee
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.800, -93.520
Large branches and power lines down. Also reported in Savage. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- July 14, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County, Apple Vly
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 47.880, -91.880
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 14, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Afton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -92.780
Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 14, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Comfrey
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -94.900
House under construction blown down. Large trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Lightning, Kandiyohi
- When
- July 14, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, Willmar
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -95.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
House destroyed by fire caused by lightning strike.
Thunderstorm Wind, Faribault
- When
- July 14, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faribault County, Minnesota Lake
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -93.850
Trees down. Estimated windspeed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- July 14, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County, Fairmont
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -94.470
Garage roof partially torn off. Trees down. Estimated windspeed.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 14 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 14, 1998
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: 5659198, 5659199, 5659200, 5659201, 5659202, 5659204, 5659203, 5659205, 5659206, 5659298, 5659207, 5659208, 5659209, 5659210, 5659211, 5659212, 5659214, 5659213, 5659288, 5659289, 5659290, 5659291, 5659292, 5659293, 5659294, 5659297, 5659295, 5659296.