Minnesota, 1999

Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1999

July 14, 1999 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:58 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Marshall

When
July 14, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Marshall County, 1 mi S of Oslo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
48.180, -97.130

Tornado, Marshall

When
July 14, 12:02 AM CST
Where
Marshall County, Oslo
Rating
F2
Path length
2 mi
Path width
150 yd
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
48.200, -97.130

The tornado lifted the roof off a warehouse, depositing it nearly 2 miles away to the southeast. A 6-ton truck was also pushed nearly 150 yards.

Hail, Marshall

When
July 14, 12:15 AM CST
Where
Marshall County, Oslo
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
48.200, -97.130

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5708983, 5708985, 5708984.