Thunderstorm Wind, Carver
- When
- June 18, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Carver County, New Germany
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -93.970
Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1998
5 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:46 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Chippewa
- When
- June 18, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Chippewa County, 8 mi N of Clara City
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.022, -95.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Redwood
- When
- June 18, 2:55 PM CST to 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County, Clements to 3 mi N of Clements
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -95.100
5 barns damaged. One roof ripped from a barn.
Tornado, Renville
- When
- June 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 4 mi S of Danube
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -95.100
Brief touchdown in field.
Tornado, Redwood
- When
- June 18, 3:07 PM CST
- Where
- Redwood County, 2 mi S of Redwood Falls
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -95.100
Tornado, Renville
- When
- June 18, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Olivia
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -94.980
Construction company building and recycling center destroyed. Department of Transportation building damaged. Vehicles damaged at dealership.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- June 18, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County, Cyrus
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.620, -95.750
Large tree limbs blown down. Estimated windspeed.
Hail, Kandiyohi
- When
- June 18, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi County, Willmar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -95.050
Hail, Stevens
- When
- June 18, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County, Chokio
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -96.180
Hail, Renville
- When
- June 18, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Olivia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -94.980
Hail, Renville
- When
- June 18, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Renville County, 2 mi S of Bird Island
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -94.880
Funnel Cloud, Meeker
- When
- June 18, 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County, 2 mi SW of Cosmos
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 45.123, -94.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Meeker
- When
- June 18, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Meeker County, Cosmos to 2 mi of Cosmos
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -94.670
Hailed for 10 minutes.
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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 18 to 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flash Flood in Maine, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 1998
- Flood in Nebraska, June 18, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18 to 19, 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: 5654968, 5654969, 5655144, 5655142, 5655143, 5655145, 5654970, 5654971, 5654972, 5654973, 5654976, 5654975, 5654974.