Thunderstorm Wind, Renville
- When
- July 8, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Renville County, Olivia
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -94.980
Trees blown down. Winds estimated.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 8, 1999
5 hail, 2 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
- 7
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), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:17 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Nicollet
- When
- July 8, 6:06 AM CST
- Where
- Nicollet County, 5 mi NW of Courtland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -94.420
Hail, Le Sueur
- When
- July 8, 6:42 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County, 4 mi NW of Greenland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.250, -93.780
Hail, Le Sueur
- When
- July 8, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur County, 3 mi N of Elysian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.250, -93.680
Hail, Goodhue
- When
- July 8, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Goodhue County, 2 mi SW of Roscoe
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -92.800
Hail, Freeborn
- When
- July 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County, 2 mi W of Albert Lea
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -93.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Freeborn
- When
- July 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Freeborn County, Albert Lea
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -93.380
Trees toppled. Winds estimated.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Nevada, July 8, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 8, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 8, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 8 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 8, 1999
- Flood in California, July 8, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 8, 1999
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: 5715095, 5715096, 5715097, 5715098, 5715099, 5715100, 5715101.