Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 15, 3:43 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, 1 mi W of Oslo
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -92.770
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
60 to 70 mph wind gusts downed power lines and trees. A tornado touched down near Eyota and moved northward along Highway 42, damaging several farms, before lifting near Elgin.
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
- $313,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
60 to 70 mph wind gusts downed power lines and trees. A tornado touched down near Eyota and moved northward along Highway 42, damaging several farms, before lifting near Elgin.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 UTC.
Event by event
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mower
- When
- May 15, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Austin
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -92.930
Tornado, Olmsted
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST to 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Eyota to 2 mi N of Viola
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -92.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 15, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 2 mi S of St Charles
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 15, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, St Charles
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabasha
- When
- May 15, 4:17 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, 3 mi NW of Plainview
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -92.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- May 15, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Rochester Arpt
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Wabasha
- When
- May 15, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, Wabasha
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- May 15, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Dover
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $65,000
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -92.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Fillmore
- When
- May 15, 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Spring Vly
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -92.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Olmsted
- When
- May 15, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, 2 mi E of Eyota
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Altura
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Coordinates
- 44.070, -91.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 15, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Bethany
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -91.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 15, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 5 mi W of Winona
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 15, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 2 mi W of Winona
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.680
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5641929, 5641930, 5641937, 5641923, 5641925, 5641926, 5641924, 5641927, 5641935, 5641928, 5641931, 5641932, 5641933, 5641934, 5641936.