Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- June 15, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County, Clarks Grove to 5 mi WSW of Clarks Grove
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -93.400
Remained over farm fields. Crop damage.
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 15 to 16, 1998
2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 5
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), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrison
- When
- June 15, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Morrison County, Freedhem to 1 mi of Freedhem
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.080, -94.220
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- June 15, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Woodbury
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -92.950
Hail, Isanti
- When
- June 15, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Isanti County, Isanti
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -93.250
Tornado, Freeborn
- When
- June 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County, 4 mi W of Albert Lea
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -93.470
Remained in rural areas.
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.
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Indiana, June 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 15 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 15, 1998
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Minnesota, 1998Warnings in Minnesota, June 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: 5654959, 5654957, 5654958, 5654960, 5654961.